Cannot View Help Topic Using Keyboard Shortcuts in My Briefcase

ID: Q227063

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

After you open the Update My Briefcase dialog box in My Briefcase, you may not be able to select a document by pressing the TAB key. Also, if you press the F1 key to run Windows Help, you may receive the following message:

No help topic is associated with this item.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, use the arrow keys to select the document you want to update. To display the Windows Help topic in the Update My Briefcase dialog box, first select the document you want to update, press SHIFT+F10, press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to select What's This?, and then press ENTER.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Pressing F1 starts Windows Help if there is no document in My Briefcase.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kbenable kberrmsg kbtool win98se 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 15, 1999