Help Menu item using Snow Leopard 10.6.2

I used the HELP menu in 10.6.2. When I requested MORE INFO. the computer indicated that I had HELP from Version 10.5. Is that what I shoud be getting or how do I get HELP on Snow Leopard?

Under ABOUT THIS MAC it definitely says 10.6.2. Tha is why when looking uo something using HELP I was surprised to see 10.5 as the version number. I still have not been able to duplicate how I got there. When I use HELP I get the blue box and am allowed to enter a search term. COMMAND I does not work on the Help screen. Hence--I must have been under an application beyond the FINDER level when I used COMMAND I.
If I duplicate the sequence, I will post it. Thank you.

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