Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step eBook

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Chapter 1 Exploring the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment 27


Use F1 Help


  1. Click the Label1 object on the form.

  2. Press the F1 key. If a dialog box appears asking if you want to view Help content on
    the Internet, click Yes.
    The Label topic on MSDN should appear.


Tip If you don’t have an Internet connection but you do have local Help installed, you
can try switching your Help settings to use local Help instead.


  1. Switch back to Visual Studio.

  2. Click the Answer button on the form.

  3. Press the F1 key.


The Button topic on MSDN should appear. Depending on your view, your screen looks
something like this:

MSDN currently has different views. The view I’m showing you here is called lightweight view.
You can select lightweight view by clicking the Lightweight View link or the Switch View link.
The Switch View link is shown in the bottom right corner of the screen.
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