The help window is used to display information on the functions and operation of DAMP. This information is divided into chapters and sections, with the chapter currently on display being shown in the header line (“Chapter nnnn”).
The help information is available in German and English.
Keywords in the help information are displayed with high intensity and can be marked. Marking such a keyword with the 
key and pressing 
causes the chapter or section containing more detailed information on this keyword to be displayed.
The following paging functions are available to you in the help window:
to page to the start or end of a chapter, enter “--” or “++”
to page n lines back or forward, enter “-n” or “+n”
- to page back or forward by one window length, enter “-” /
or “+” / 
Figure 8: Output in the help window (W1)
The help window has the input fields “Chapter,” “Language” and “Window length”, which are located in the header line (see next page):
You can select each chapter directly by entering the chapter number in the “Chapter” input field.
You can switch the language of the display in the help window, of the online help texts (which are displayed in an input field when you enter “?”) and of the DAMP messages from GERMAN or ENGLISH (default) in the “Language” input field. You can also change the language using the special window OPTIONS (see "Modification by the user (special window: OPTIONS)").
- The length of the help window is entered or displayed in the “Window length” field.
Figure 9: Input fields in the header line for the help window
In addition to the use of the help window, DAMP also offers the - often more user-friendly - option of calling help information by entering a question mark ('?') in an input field of one of the diagnostic windows (see "Online helps"). However, the '?' help is only available on 9763 data display terminals (with EDT mode '@VDT F2') in German and English.