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Help menu

Help menu

The Help menu contains the following items:

  • Search. Search box gives access to simple Apple Help match listing. When a value is typed here the matches are shown beneath replacing existing menu items. Clear the search box to re-show default menu items.
  • TinderboxSix Help. This opens the Tinderbox Help window. Release notes are included within Help.
  • Getting Started WithTinderbox. Opens a PDF (stored inside the Tinderbox program) which explains Tinderbox to new users.
  • Actions and Dashboards. Opens a PDF (stored inside the Tinderbox program) which explains use Tinderbox actions and construction of dashboards. There is an associated TBX files available here.
  • The Tinderbox Way. A web link to a page describing a book about using Tinderbox by its chief architect and coder, Mark Bernstein.
  • Tinderbox Forum. A web link to the online user-to-user Tinderbox Forum. Note the forum is user-to-user discussion & help and is not formal Eastgate support. Urgent/vital support issues or crash reports should always be emailed to Eastgate support.
  • Reveal Support Folder in Finder. If clicked, a Finder window opens on the /Application Support/ folder for Tinderbox, giving access to various user configuration features.

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