Difference between revisions of "Open these docs from Analytica"

Revision as of 18:47, 27 October 2020

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

Access from the Analytica Help menu

Inside Analytica, open the Help menu, and select User Guide, Optimizer, Tutorial, wiki Home page, or Functions by category. It will open the relevant page in your default web browser.

Use the Find dialog to search docs online

To open the Find dialog, click in the toolbar, or just press control+F.
Type into the search box the name of a function, feature, concept, or whatever you are looking for.
Click the on the Wiki button

It opens the wiki in your default browser and shows the page with matching title if there is one, or a list of search results.

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:

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

For more, click the blue link Wiki help on Factorial(...) to open its doc page online.

History

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

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 [[Category: Analytica wiki]]
-You can access and search these Analytica docs directly from inside the Analytica software. This is very handy when you are learning Analytica or want to find or understand a particular feature or function. Here's how to do that.
+As you use Analytica, it's very handy to link to these Analytic docs online to find and learn about a particular feature or function.  Here are four simple ways to do that.
-== Open sections from the Analytica Help menu ==
+== Access from the Analytica Help menu ==
-Inside Analytica, press the [[Help]] menu, and select  [[Analytica User Guide| User Guide]], [[Optimizer |Optimizer]], [[Analytica Tutorial| Tutorial]],  [[Analytica Wiki| wiki Home page]], or [[Functions by category]]. It will open the relevant page in your default web browser.
+Inside Analytica, open the [[Help]] menu, and select  [[Analytica User Guide| User Guide]], [[Optimizer |Optimizer]], [[Analytica Tutorial| Tutorial]],  [[Analytica Wiki| wiki Home page]], or [[Functions by category]]. It will open the relevant page in your default web browser.
 :: [[File:Analytica wiki from Help menu.png|center]]
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 :[[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''.
+# To open the [[Find dialog]], click [[File:Find magnifying glass icon.jpg|20px]] in the [[toolbar]], or just press ''control+F''.
-# Type in search text, which could be a feature,  function, or anything you are looking for.
+# Type into the search box the name of a  function, feature, concept, or whatever you are looking for.
 # Click the '''on the Wiki''' button
-It opens the wiki in your default browser and shows  the page with title matching the search text, or a list of search results.
+It opens the wiki in your default browser and shows  the page with matching title if there is one, or a list of search results.
 == Right-click on a Function name ==
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 [[File:Definition menu and submenu.jpg|400px]]
-Selecting the function opens an Object window like this one for [[Factorial]]:
+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]]
-Click the blue link <u style="color: blue">Wiki help on Factorial(...)  </u>to open its doc page online.
+For more, click the blue link <u style="color: blue">Wiki help on Factorial(...)  </u>to open its doc page online.
 == See also ==