Help Tags

Help Tags identify screen elements that you point to by providing information in small yellow boxes (Figures 1, 2, and 3).

Figure 1. A Help Tag in the Address Book main window,…

Figure 2. …in a TextEdit document window, …

Figure 3. …and in a System Preferences pane window.

Tip

• Help Tags are especially useful when first starting out with a new software application. Pointing at various interface elements and reading Help Tags is a great way to start learning about how an application works.

To use Help Tags

Point to an item for which you want more information. If a Help Tag is available for the item, it appears after a moment (Figures 1, 2, and 3).