Milestone Viewer 1.2 - Manual (Page 16)

Milestone XProtect Viewer; User’s Manual
For exported archives, e.g. archives stored on a CD, you click the browse button in the Viewer's
Database Information control panel to browse for the archive you want to view. Once you have
specified the required archive this way, you can use all of the Viewer's browsing features for
navigating the recordings in the archive.
Arrow indicates the browse button in
the Viewer's Database Information
control panel
How to Use the Built-in Help System
To use the Viewer's built-in help system, simply press the F1 key on your keyboard.
Alternatively, click the Help icon in the Viewer's toolbar.
The built-in help system will open in a separate window, allowing you to easily switch between help
and the Viewer itself.
You are always able to navigate between the help system's contents. To do this, simply use the
help window's three tabs: Contents, Search and Favorites, or use the links inside the help topics.
• Contents Tab: The Contents tab lets you navigate the help system based on a tree
structure. Many users will be familiar with this type of navigation from, for example,
Windows Explorer.
• Search Tab: The Search tab lets you search for help topics containing particular terms of
interest. For example, you can search for the term “camera” and every help topic
containing the term “camera” will be listed in the search results. Clicking a help topic title
in the search results list will open the required topic.
• Favorites Tab: Lets you build a list of your favorite help topics. Whenever you find a help
topic of particular interest to you, simply add the topic to your favorites list. Then you can
access the topic with a single click—also if you close the help window and return to it later.
The actual content of each help topic is displayed in the right pane of the help window. Help topic
texts may contain various types of links, notably so-called expanding drop-down links. Clicking an
expanding drop-down link will display detailed information. The detailed information will be
displayed immediately below the link itself; the content on the page simply expands. Expanding
drop-down links thus help save space.
Tip: If you wish to quickly collapse all texts from expanding drop-down links in a help topic,
simply click the title of the topic in the help system's Contents menu.
Printing Help Topics
To print a help topic, navigate to the required topic and click the help window's Print button.
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