1.0 Introduction

Doors.NET has a comprehensive and easy-to-use help file included with the software, which you can use to learn more about setting up, maintaining or using a Doors.NET access control system.

2.0 Accessing the Help Content

You can access the help file by clicking on the icon in the upper-left corner of the user-interface and selecting ‘Online Help’. Select English from the language selection dialog box then click OK. The Help Viewer will appear and will automatically display the topic for the active grid or page.

You can click the Windows Start Menu >> All Programs >> Doors.NET >> Help File.

Again, select English as the preferred language then click the OK button. The help file will open on the Welcome screen.

The third option is to press the F1 key while logged into the software. The help file is context-sensitive so when you press the F1 key while on the Cardholders page, for example, the help file will open up on the Cardholders section. Similarly if you are on the Access Groups page, Time Schedules, Holidays, Hardware Setup or on one of the status grids, those are the topics that will be displayed when the help viewer opens.

3.0 Locating Information

Table of Contents

When you open the help file, you will see the Table of Contents listed down the left-hand side, split up into various sections. Locating specific information is fairly self-explanatory. For example; if you want to know how to block enroll cards, simply click on Cardholders which will expand the cardholders section, then select Block Enrollment.

Using the Index

The Index includes a list of common search terms (keywords). Click the Index icon to display the Index pane.

In the Index search text, field type a keyword for the topic you wish to find information about. For example; ‘Access Groups’You will immediately see a list of the help topics which are related to access groups.

Or type in ‘Cardholders’ and you will see the list of Cardholder-related topics.

Simply click on one of the listed topics and the appropriate information will display on the right.

The Search Facility

The search facility is similar to the Index but it searches all text-content, not just keywords. When you type in a word or phrase then click Search, you will see a list of pages where that word or phrase appears. (It is ranked in order of how often the search-criteria appears).

Favourites

The help viewer also has a Favorites pane where you can add your favorite topics and searches.

To add a favorite topic, open the topic and then click the ‘Add Topic to Favorites’ icon, as highlighted here:

To add a favorite search, perform a search on the search pane, then click the ‘Add Search to Favorites’ icon, highlighted here:

Click on the gold star to display the saved Favorites. These will then be listed every time you open the help viewer.

The Glossary

The glossary contains a list of specific access control terms and their accompanying definitions.

Simply click the term or phrase and the definition will appear directly beneath it.

4.0 Printing Topics

You can print an entire topic by clicking File >> Print and then selecting the printer.

If you click on Print Preview there is also the option of removing headers and footers before printing.

If you have Adobe Acrobat installed you can alternatively select to print to an Adobe PDF (this will create a standalone PDF which you can further edit).