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There are several ways to see how to link to this wiki directly from inside Analytica to find information about a function or feature .

Open wiki from the Analytica Help menu

Just open the Analytica Help menu, and select User Guide, Optimizer, Tutorial, wiki Home page, or Functions by category in your browser:

(In releases prior to Analytica 5.0 the first three options open corresponding PDF documents instead of the wiki. )

Use the Find dialog to search the Wiki

Open the Find dialog by clicking the magnifying glass icon in the toolbar, or pressing control+F.
Type in search text, which could be a feature, function, or concept.
Click the wiki button

It opens the wiki in your browser and searches for the text.

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 Wiki help on NPV to open its wiki page with a full description and examples:

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:

Selecting the function opens an Object window like this one for Factorial:

Click the blue link Wiki help on Factorial(...) to open its wiki page.

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 [[Category: Analytica wiki]]
-When you are running Analytica, you might want to learn about a feature or find a function you need.  Here are ways to link from inside Analytica directly to a wiki page in your default web browser.
+There are several ways to see how to link to this wiki directly from inside Analytica to find information about a function or feature .
 == Open wiki from the Analytica Help menu ==
-Select the '''User Guide''', '''Optimizer''', '''Tutorial''', or '''Analytica wiki''' from the Analytica [[Help]] menu to open the relevant wiki page: [[Analytica User Guide]], [[Optimizer |Optimizer]], [[Analytica Tutorial]], or the [[Analytica Wiki]] home page
+Just open the Analytica [[Help]] menu, and select  [[Analytica User Guide| User Guide]], [[Optimizer |Optimizer]], [[Analytica Tutorial| Tutorial]],  [[Analytica Wiki| wiki Home page]], or [[Functions by category]] in your browser:
 :: [[File:Analytica wiki from Help menu.png|center]]
 (In releases prior to  [[Analytica 5.0]] the first three options open corresponding PDF documents instead of the wiki. )
-== Use the Find dialog and select Wiki ==
+== Use the Find dialog to search the Wiki ==
 # Open the [[Find dialog]]  by clicking the magnifying glass icon in the toolbar, or pressing ''control+F''.
 # Type in search text, which could be a feature,  function, or concept.
 # Click the '''wiki''' button
-It opens the wiki in a browser tab and searches for the text.
+It opens the wiki in your browser and searches for the text.
-== Right-click on Definition for Wiki help for a system function ==
+== Right-click on a Function name ==
-For wiki help for any function in a Definition:
+In the Definition of a variable:
-# Double-click the identifier of a function in the definition of a varaible, say, '''NPV''', to select it.
+# Double-click the identifier of a system function, say, '''NPV''', to select it.
 # '''Right click''' to open the context menu
 # Select '''Wiki help on NPV''' to open its wiki page with a full description and examples:
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 == Open Object view for a function from Definition menu ==
-From the '''Definition''' menu (if your cursor is not inside a Definition), go down the menu hierarchy and select any function or system variable:
+From the '''Definition''' menu, go down the menu hierarchy and select a function or system variable:
 [[File:Definition menu and submenu.jpg|400px]]
-Selecting an option opens an Object window like this one for [[Factorial]]:
+Selecting the function opens an Object window like this one for [[Factorial]]:
 [[File:Object view for Factorial function.jpg|400px]]