If you have configured KwikINF to display the KwikINF window (this is the default condition), the KwikINF window is displayed when you press your KwikINF hot key.
The KwikINF window allows you to search for a text string in an online document in the OS/2 BOOKSHELF. The text string is typed by you in the Search String entry field or is automatically retrieved by KwikINF, under certain conditions, from under the cursor when you press your KwikINF hot key.
The online document that KwikINF searches for the text string is selected from the Volume to Search list box by KwikINF or by you. KwikINF selects the Volume to Search by looking for the text string that has a matching entry in the KwikINF index file or, if there is no matching entry in the index file, in the Default Volume you have selected in the Configure KwikINF window. Or you can override KwikINF's selection of the Volume to Search by making your own selection from the list box.
To initiate the search for the text string in the online document, press the Search push button or press Enter. If the search is successful, KwikINF opens the online document to the online panel that contains the information and displays a window with a title bar that matches the search string.
If the search is not successful, you can search any online document for the information by following this procedure:
Use the push buttons on the KwikINF window as follows: