received from the address database 180 for instructing over a line 190 a browser 200 the browser 200 searches in a therewith connected network 210 for a specific help document 220 corresponding to the received help address and receives if available the help document 220 or a copy therefrom it is to be understood that the term u2018 network u2019 as used herein means any arrangement of nodes and connecting branches for connecting data stations and can comprise a plurality of individual network systems however connected anyhow the browser 200 may apply the received help document 220 or a copy therefrom to the online help engine 160 which again applies the help document 220 or the copy therefrom as the online help information to the computer system e g via the line 65 to the computer system which again may be displayed by the display 10 however in a preferred embodiment the browser 200 directly applies the received help document 220 or the copy therefrom to the computer system and thus e g to the display 10 as indicated by arrow 225 in that case the browser 200 allows to directly view the received help document 220 on the display 10 without requiring an additional support by the online help engine 160 or by other tools the help document 220 may also comprise a reference 230 comprising an address of another help document 240 which might be related to the content of the help document 220 the reference 230 is preferably embodied by a standard network hyper link e g as an universal resource locator url which can directly be processed by the browser 200 the address database 180 comprises addresses of help documents preferably in a form which can be.