This online help system offers the following types of information:
General information about the system
Specific information about individual business areas in CGI Advantage Financial (for example, Accounts Receivable)
Descriptions of individual pages and fields
Step-by-step instructions for the most commonly used tasks (for example, searching for a reference table and creating a new document)
A glossary of terms used in the online help
The information contained in this online help system is geared at sites which have installed CGI Advantage Financial. For sites which have installed CGI Advantage Procurement only, the information not related to procurement will not be relevant.
The online help window has two frames:
The right-side frame displays the help topic information or displays a graphic with which you can navigate to other sections of the online help.
The left-side frame has a series of tabs which enable you to navigate and search the online help system. These tabs are described below.
The CGI Advantage Financial online help includes the following navigational tabs in its left-side frame:
Contents — The Contents tab displays books and pages that represent the categories of information in the online help system. When you click a closed book, it opens to display its content (sub books and topic pages). When you click an open book, it closes. When you click pages, you select topics to view in the right-side frame of the browser window.
Index — The Index tab displays a multi-level list of keywords and keyword phrases. These terms are associated with topics in the help system and they are intended to direct you to specific topics. (Not available with Accessibility Help)
Search — The Search tab enables you to search for words in the help system and locate topics containing those words. Full-text searching looks through every word in the online help to find matches. If the word you are searching for is located within drop-down text, then you will have to click the drop-down link to expand the text to find the term you are searching for. (The Search feature is not available with Accessibility Help)
There are two different links available in the online help system.
Green underlined text - When clicking this text you are not taken to a different topic. Instead, text will drop-down or expand. Click the text again to hide the drop-down text.
Blue underlined text - When clicking this text you are taken to a new topic file. To return to the previous topic file click on the Back link or Back arrow.