The DolphinRTK Help display consists of three main elements: the content pane, the navigation pane, and the toolbar. See below to learn how to use each element.
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DolphinRTK Help's main area—the one in which you are reading these words—is the content pane. When you open any topic, it is displayed here. In addition to explanations of DolphinRTK features, topics in the content pane often include hyperlinks, which appear in underlined blue text. Click any hyperlink to open its linked topic.
Many topics in the content pane also include step-by-step procedures showing how to perform operations in DolphinRTK. Every procedure begins with a book icon:
Every procedure also tells you exactly where in DolphinRTK to begin the procedure (example: the Product Search page). If you don't know how to reach the starting point, click the How do I get there? link provided.
Three blue stars mark the end of every procedure:
The area to the left is the navigation pane. By default it shows DolphinRTK Help's table of contents ("TOC"), but it can show other navigation tools as well. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click any of the buttons to open the corresponding tool:
TOC (Table of Contents)The table of contents is an organized tree containing every available topic in DolphinRTK Help. Each item in the table of contents is one of the following:
A group of topics. Click this item to open it (
) and see the topics it contains.
An individual topic. Click this item to open the topic in the content pane.
IndexClick any index entry to open the relevant topic. If you click an entry that points to more than one topic, it shows a menu of those topics; click the topic you want to open.
To search the index for a certain term, enter the term in the search field above the index.
SearchThis tool lets you search DolphinRTK Help for specific words and phrases. Enter a word or phrase and click the Search button to see a list of topics containing the word or phrase. Click a topic in the list to open that topic in the content pane; your word or phrase is highlighted in the topic's text (until you click the Remove Search Highlighting 
icon in DolphinRTK Help's toolbar; see Toolbar below).
If a search gives you useful results, you can save that search to easily repeat it in future. Click the Add Search String to Favorites 
icon to save a search to your favorites (see below).
GlossaryThis is an alphabetical list of DolphinRTK terms. Scroll through the list and click any term to open its definition. Click the term again to close its definition.
FavoritesThis tool shows two kinds of saved favorites:
Favorite Searches are searches saved from the search tool (see above). Click a favorite search to instantly repeat that search.
Favorite Topics are topics saved using the Add Topic to Favorites 
icon in DolphinRTK Help's toolbar (see below). Click a favorite topic to open that topic in the content pane.
To remove either a search or a topic from your favorites, select its check box and click the remove (
) icon above the check box.
The toolbar above the content pane provides the following tools to help you navigate DolphinRTK Help:
Hide/Show Navigation: Click to hide the navigation pane. Click again to show the navigation pane.
Add Topic to Favorites: Click to add the current topic to your favorites (see Favorites above).
Print Topic: Click to print the current topic.
Quick Search: Use to search for words/phrases in the current topic. This highlights all text in the current topic that matches your search. To remove highlighting, click Remove Search Highlighting (see below).
Remove Search Highlighting: Click to remove text highlighting after a quick search (see above) or a full help search (see Search above).
Back: Click to go back to the topic you viewed previously.
Forward: If you have clicked Back (see above), click this icon to return to the topic you viewed after the current one.
Refresh: Click to refresh DolphinRTK Help.
Stop: Click to stop a topic from loading.
Home: Click to return to the home topic: What is IHS DolphinRTK?
Previous Topic: Click to go to the topic preceding the current topic in the table of contents.
Next Topic: Click to go to the topic following the current topic in the table of contents.