Hidden Images and Information
Throughout the help system you will find icons (all following the same pattern) that give you access to additional text or pictures. Hiding additional text and images allows you to minimise the amount of data on the screen, keeping just the essential information visible for on-line browsing or printing.
You can instantly tell if the extra information for a particular icon is visible or not:
- Additional paragraphs or images are identifiable by an icon.
- Additional text within a paragraph is shown with a slightly different coloured background.
When printing, the topic will print as seen on the screen. So if you want to print with or without additional material, make sure you show or hide the material before printing.
Drop-down text
Drop-down text is a feature that allows the flow of text to be maintained by condensing some of the more detailed content so users initially see the essential outline information of the topic only. Click the link below for more details.
Example of drop-down text
When a topic is open, users will see a link with an image (also called a "drop-down hotspot"). This hotspot is the first paragraph (or a section of the first paragraph) that has been condensed. When you have clicked the hotspot above, the hidden content (e.g., this very paragraph) is displayed below the hotspot. When the hotspot is clicked again, the content becomes hidden once more.
Expanding Text
Expanding text is a feature that "scrunches up" content in a paragraph in a topic. Expanding text usually relates to a short paragraph or even a single sentence.
Click on the icon at the end of this sentence to show additional paragraphs of text, possibly with
pictures or diagrams
