Ishmail offers a comprehensive Help facility that provides help messages for all window and menu components. Seven types of help information are available. The figure "Help Pull-down Menu" shows the available Help options.
To get help while in the Ishmail application, click the Help pull-down menu, then click on the appropriate help subject.
Ishmail's on-line Help system includes:
To choose an option in the Help pull-down menu, either click on the option, type its associated mnemonic (the underscored letter in the option's name), or type its associated Shift-function key sequence. Help menu options are:
See Application-related Preferences for information on specifying your Web browser command.
Another kind of help, called QuickHelp, is available for most window and menu components. If QuickHelp is available for the current component, a terse description of the component under the pointer appears in the message area near the bottom of the window. As the pointer is moved into different components, the quick help message is updated.