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  92 >Using the internal help system. This will show an internal viewer similar to Microsoft HTML Help, with a contents
  93 hierarchy on the left and HTML pages on the right; see <A
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  97 the repository has changed but the contents does not reflect this, please use the Tools Regenerate Help Index menu
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 102 >Using the default HTML browser. On Unix, you will need a .mailcap entry similar to this:</P
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 112 >text/html; netscape -no-about-splash %s</PRE
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 128 >Figure 16-1. HTML Help viewer</B
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 141 > displayed
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