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General Help

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help!general help

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\marginnote{Many applications have their own help section which can be accessed by clicking the \menu{Help} menu within the application window.} Ubuntu, just like other operating systems, has a built-in help reference called the \application{Ubuntu Desktop Guide}. To access it, click on the Dash and type \userinput{Help}. Alternatively, you can select \button{Ubuntu Help} from the \menu{Help} menu in the menu bar.

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Heads-Up Display help

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help!heads-up display (\acronym{HUD})

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\screenshot{02-HUD-message.png}{ss:HUD-message}{The HUD (heads-up display) shows application-specific help information based on your general input.} The \acronym{HUD} (heads-up display) is a new help feature introduced in Ubuntu 12.04. This is a keyboard-friendly utility to help you find commands, features, and preferences embedded deep within the menu structure of an application. Activate the \acronym{HUD} by pressing the left \keystroke{Alt} key on the keyboard. If you want to search a menu item, such as creating a new message in \application{Thunderbird}, then just type \emph{message} in the \acronym{HUD} and the option for composing a new email message will come up in the list of matching results. You can press the \keystroke{Enter} key to active the command. \marginnote{The HUD feature may not be available in all applications as this is a new capability in Ubuntu 12.04. Your mileage may vary!} The \acronym{HUD} works for almost all applications that are natively installable in Ubuntu; it also works for some applications running under \application{WINE}. \marginnote{\acronym{WINE} is an acronym for \emph{Wine Is Not an Emulator}. It allows you to run some Windows-based applications in Ubuntu. Discussion of how to use \acronym{WINE} is beyond the scope of this manual, but it is worth checking out if you need to run Windows applications under Ubuntu.}

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Online Help

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help!online

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\screenshot{02-help-center.png}{ss:help-center}{The built-in system help provides topic-based help for Ubuntu.} If you can't find an answer to your question in this manual or in the \application{Ubuntu Desktop Guide}, you can contact the Ubuntu community through the Ubuntu Forums (\url{http://ubuntuforums.org}). \marginnote{We encourage you to check any information you find on other websites with multiple sources when possible, but only follow directions if you understand them completely.} Many Ubuntu users open an account on the forums to receive help, and in turn provide support to others as they gain more knowledge. Another useful resource is the Ubuntu Wiki (\url{https://wiki.ubuntu.com}), a website maintained by the Ubuntu community.

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Working with Ubuntu