ToolTips,

right-clicks, and the “What’s This?” button
Although the Help system provides extensive help, you can get to a couple of simple “quick and dirty”
types of help without going through the Help system. For starters, be aware that just about everything
you see on your screen has a small hidden ToolTip. This is really no more than the name of the item in
most cases. However, when you cannot figure out what the heck some icon is supposed to represent,
you can just point to the item for a moment to reveal its tiny ToolTip.
Most items also offer shortcut menus. If you’re not quite sure what’s going to happen when you click an
icon, or want a quick overview of the options available for an icon, try right-clicking, rather than clicking,
the item. Usually you’ll see a little shortcut menu of options. In Figure 1-13, for example, I right-clicked
directly on the desktop. You can see the shortcut menu that appeared after I did so.