System and method for providing searchable help on a multi-function peripheral

摘要

A searchable help system for a multi-function peripheral (MFP) adapted for receiving one or more search keywords from any display screen of a man-machine interface is provided. Upon receipt of one or more keywords, the help system searches all help content files for all matches. The search results are displayed to the user by section topic or header and the associated help content file, wherein each result indicates that the corresponding textual help contend contains one more of the search key words.