Provide straightforward explanation of menu options & commands in.

[Radagast]

Why is it so hard to get a simple explanation of a menu command in Office
now-a-days? You used to be able to highlight the menu option and press F1 to
get a simple explantion of the command.

For example I was looking for an explanation of menu option: send pictures
from the internet (if Outlook 2003).

Instead F1 opens a new Search panel that takes up half of the window, in
which I have to type a question (it retains no context of where I hit F1),
which then searches all over my system and even out onto the internet for
dozens of remotely related topics, none of which explain the menu option I
was requesting help for!

 

[Beth Melton]

The ability to highlight a menu command and press F1 for a detailed
description hasn't been around since Office 95.

However you could still use the "What's This" pointer for menu/toolbar
descriptions until Office 2003. That's what they need to bring back:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...06fe1e-57f3-4d5a-adf8-777d3ae5e100&sloc=en-us

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