KwikINF provides you with a quick and convenient method of accessing information in online documents stored in the OS/2 BOOKSHELF from anywhere on the Desktop, with the exception of DOS or WIN-OS/2 sessions. When KwikINF is started, you can search for a text string of your choice directly or through a pop-up window by pressing a user-selectable hot key. Until you configure KwikINF, your KwikINF hot key is Alt+Q.
How you initiate a search for information in online documents depends on where you are on the Desktop when you press the KwikINF hot key:
Position the cursor on the string you want to search for and press the KwikINF hot key. KwikINF retrieves the word at the cursor. If you have configured KwikINF to display the KwikINF window when the KwikINF hot key is pressed, KwikINF will automatically place the retrieved word in the Search string entry field of the KwikINF window. When you select Search or press Enter, KwikINF displays the information. If you have configured KwikINF to bypass the KwikINF window when the KwikINF hot key is pressed, KwikINF automatically displays the information.
Press the KwikINF hot key, and then type the string you want to search for in the Search string entry field of the KwikINF window. The KwikINF text-retrieval feature is not available from graphic-text PM windows.