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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 .

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. )

Open the Find dialog by clicking the 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.

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:

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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 == 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''.
+# Open the [[Find dialog]]  by clicking the [[File:Find magnifying glass icon.jpg|20px]] icon in the toolbar, or pressing ''control+F''.
 # Type in search text, which could be a feature,  function, or concept.
 # Click the '''wiki''' button