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Another great shortcut is to click once (but don’t select) a C# keyword or .NET type and press the F1 key.

This will automatically open the documentation for the item containing the blinking text cursor.

You should also be aware of a very important subdirectory of the .NET Framework 3.5 SDK

documentation. Under the .NET Development ➤ .NET Framework SDK ➤ .NET Framework ➤

.NET Framework Class Library Reference node of the documentation, you will find complete

documentation of each and every namespace in the .NET base class libraries (see Figure 2-31).

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Figure 2-31.

The .NET base class library reference

Each node in the tree defines the set of types in a given namespace, the members of a given

type, and the parameters of a given member. Furthermore, when you view the help page for a given

type, you will be told the name of the assembly and namespace that contains the type in question

(located at the top of said page). As you read through the remainder of this book, I assume that

you will dive into this 

very, very critical node to read up on additional details of the entity under

examination.