3.13. The "Help" menu
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## 3.13. The "Help" menu

The Wireshark Help menu contains the fields shown in Table 3.10, “Help menu items”.

Figure 3.10. The "Help" Menu

Table 3.10. Help menu items

Menu Item | Accelerator | Description
--- | --- | ---
Contents | F1 | This menu item brings up a basic help system.
FAQ's |  | This menu item starts a Web browser showing various FAQ's.
Manual Pages > ... |  | This menu item starts a Web browser showing one of the locally installed html manual pages.
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Wireshark Online > ... |  | This menu item starts a Web browser showing the chosen webpage from: http://www.wireshark.org.
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Supported Protocols (slow!) |  | This menu item brings up a dialog box showing the supported protocols and protocol fields.
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About Wireshark |  | This menu item brings up an information window that provides some information on Wireshark, such as the plugins, the used folders, ...

| Note!
Calling a Web browser might be unsupported in your version of Wireshark. If this is the case, the corresponding menu items will be hidden.

| Note!
If calling a Web browser fails on your machine, maybe because just nothing happens or the browser is started but no page is shown, have a look at the web browser setting in the preferences dialog.

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