Using Online Help

The Oracle Database XE browser-based user interface features three types of online help:

Procedural Online Help
Page-Level Help
Field Level Help

See Also:

"Introducing Oracle Database XE" in Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day DBA Guide

Procedural Online Help

You can access an HTML-based online Help system by clicking the Help icon in the upper right corner of the window.

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Procedural help includes content from the following sources:

Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day DBA Guide discusses common day-to-day administrative tasks.
Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day Developer Guide explains how to take advantage of the Oracle Database Express Edition development environment.
Oracle Database Express Edition Application Express User's Guide describes how to use the Oracle Database XE browser-based user interface to administer the database, run scripts and queries, and build Web-based applications. See "Documentation Topics".

When you click the Help icon, a help topic that describes the current page appears. To view the table of contents of another help set, select it from the list in the upper left side of the window.

You can browse through help topics by:

Expanding and collapsing the table of contents. To view a topic, simply select it.
Clicking the breadcrumb links at the top of each help topic.
Clicking the Previous and Next buttons within a topic. Click these buttons to access the previous and next help topic within the structure of the help set.

The top of the window features a gray bar. Click Back and Forward to return to a previously viewed page. These controls work similarly to the Back and Forward controls in a Web browser.

Click Find to perform a keyword search of the entire help system. When the search field appears, enter a case insensitive query in the field provided and click Find. To search for an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in double quotation marks.

Page-Level Help

Many pages with in the Oracle Database XE browser-based user interface include page-level Help. Page-level Help displays in a text box on the right side of the page and offers a brief description of the page functionality.

Field Level Help

Most select lists, check boxes, and fields within the Oracle Database XE browser-based user interface include item help. When item help is available, the item label changes to red when you pass your cursor over it. Click the item label to display a description in a separate window.