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[[Category: Analytica Docs]]

As you use Analytica on the Desktop, it's very handy to link to these Analytic docs online to find and learn about a particular feature or function.  Here are four quick ways to do that.

== Use the Find dialog to search  docs online ==

:[[File:Find dialog with Open this wiki.png|400px]]

# To open the [[Find dialog]], click [[File:Find magnifying glass icon.jpg|20px]] in the [[toolbar]], or press ''control+F''.
# Type into the search box the name of a  function, feature, concept, or whatever you are looking for.
# Click the '''on Docs''' button
It shows  the docs page with matching title if there is one, or a list of search results.

== Access from the Analytica Help menu ==

Inside Analytica, open the [[Help]] menu, and select  [[Analytica User Guide| User Guide]], [[Optimizer |Optimizer]], [[Analytica Tutorial| Tutorial]],  [[Analytica Docs| Docs Home page]], or [[Functions by category]]. It opens the selected docs page in your default web browser.

:: [[File:Analytica wiki from Help menu.png|center]] 



== Right-click on a Function name ==

In the Definition of a variable: 
# Double-click the identifier of a system function, say, '''NPV''', to select it. 
# '''Right click''' to open the context menu 
# Select '''Docs help on NPV''' to open its docs page with a full description and examples:
:: [[File:Right click on function identifier.png|center|frameless|Select function name, open right-click menu, and select '''Wiki help''']]

== Open Object view for a function from Definition menu ==

From the '''Definition''' menu, go down the menu hierarchy and select a function or system variable:
[[File:Definition menu and submenu.jpg|400px]]

When you select a function, it opens an Object window with a description -- like this one for [[Factorial]]:

[[File:Object view for Factorial function.jpg|400px]]

For more, click the blue link <u style="color: blue">Docs help on Factorial(...)  </u>to open its doc page online.

== See also ==

* [[What are these Analytica docs?]]
* [[Comments and suggestions for Analytica docs]]

== History ==

* Prior to [[Analytica 5.0]],  the first three options in the [[Help]] menu opened PDF documents instead of online pages.