Difference between revisions of "Help menu and documentation"

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Analytica User GuideIntroduction: About AnalyticaHelp menu and documentation

Release:	4.6 • 5.0 • 5.1 • 5.2 • 5.3 • 5.4 • 6.0 • 6.1 • 6.2 • 6.3 • 6.4 • 6.5

Select Help from the menu bar to open the Help menu.

Analytica online docs: Open the Analytica Docs home page in your default web browser.

Tutorial: Open the Analytica Tutorial in your web browser.

User Guide F1: Open this Analytica User Guide in your web browser. Press the function key F1 as a shortcut.

Optimizer guide: Open the Analytica Optimizer Guide in your web browser.

Functions by category: Opens to Category:Functions, an on-line index of Analytica functions.

What's new in 6.5: Opens to What's new in Analytica 6.5?

Docs login info...: Dialog allows you to enter your Analytica Docs login credentials so that when you click on a link for more information that jumps into the Analytica Docs, Analytica is able to log you in automatically.

Tech support instructions: Open Lumina’s Analytica tech support web page in your default web browser, with support information instructions and links to frequently asked questions.

Analytica Q&A forum: (first appears in Analytica 6.0) Links to the Analytica user forum where you can browse questions and answers from other users, or post your own questions to the Analytica community.}}

Email tech support: Start an email message to send to Lumina tech support using your default email application.

Buy/Upgrade Analytica: Open the Analytica online store in a web browser.

Contact Lumina...: Open a dialog with web links, phone numbers, email address, and physical mailing address.

Update license...: Open the Licensing Information dialog so you can select a different license or edition or activation for a new activation key to upgrade your license of Analytica.

About Analytica...: Open the startup splash screen, mentioning the Analytica edition, release number, and the name of the person to whom it is licensed.

Help buttons on dialogs

Every dialog window in Analytica has a help button on the title strip. Pressing this button opens to the page about that dialog on the Analytica Docs.

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+[[Category: Menus]]
 <breadcrumbs>Analytica User Guide > Introduction: About Analytica > {{PAGENAME}}</breadcrumbs>
+{{ReleaseBar}}
-Select Help from the menu bar to open the Help menu.
+Select '''Help''' from the menu bar to open the '''Help''' menu.
+:{{Release||4.6|[[Image: Menus_13.png]]}}{{Release|5.0|5.9|[[Image:Help menu 5.0.png]]}}{{Release|6.0||[[Image:Help menu 6.0.png]]}}
-[[File:Ch0 3.png]]
+'''{{Release||5.9|Analytica Wiki}}{{Release|6.0||Analytica online docs}}:''' Open the [[Analytica Docs]] home page in your default web browser.
-<tip title="Tip">Most users see the left-hand version of the menu starting with '''User guide'''. The right-hand version appears if you have Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional installed, which enable direct links into sections of a PDF document.</Tip>
+'''Tutorial:''' Open the [[Analytica Tutorial]] {{Release|5.0||in your web browser}}.
+'''User Guide F1:''' Open this [[Analytica User Guide]] {{Release||4.6|as a PDF document}}{{Release|5.0||in your web browser}}. Press the function key ''F1'' as a shortcut.
-'''Content outline F1:'''  Opens the ''User Guide'' showing chapters, sections, and subsections as an expandable outline, using bookmarks. Press the function key ''F1'' as a shortcut.
+'''Optimizer guide:''' Open the [[Analytica Optimizer Guide]]  {{Release|5.0||in your web browser}}.
-'''Function list:''' Opens a page listing all functions, operators, and other constructs, classified by type. Click a name to jump to an explanation of how to use it. This is a fast way to find a function if you don’t know its name.
+{{Release|5.0||'''Functions by category:''' Opens to [[:Category:Functions|Category:Functions]], an on-line index of Analytica functions.}}
-'''Index:''' Opens the ''User Guide'' to its alphabetized index. Select the first letter of the term from the bookmark outline, and click an entry to jump to its explanation.
+{{Release|5.0||'''What's new in {{#svarget:anarelease|6.0}}:''' Opens to [[What's new in Analytica {{#svarget:anarelease|6.0}}?]]}}
-'''Find:''' Opens the '''Find''' dialog in Adobe Acrobat so you can search for a term.
+----
+'''Docs login info...:'''  Dialog allows you to enter your Analytica Docs login credentials so that when you click on a link for more information that jumps into the Analytica Docs, Analytica is able to log you in automatically.
-'''User Guide F1:''' Opens this ''Analytica User Guide'' as a PDF document in Adobe Reader. Press the function key ''F1'' as a shortcut (see [[Online help and electronic documentation]]]).
+'''{{Release||5.1|Web tech support}}{{Release|5.2||Tech support instructions}}:''' Open [https://lumina.com/support-2/technical-support-for-analytica/ Lumina’s Analytica tech support] web page in your default web browser, with support information instructions and links to frequently asked questions.
-'''Optimizer:''' Opens the Optimizer Guide (if you have Analytica Optimizer).
+'''Analytica Q&A forum''': (first appears in [[Analytica 6.0]]) Links to the [https://lumina.com/community/ Analytica user forum] where you can browse questions and answers from other users, or post your own questions to the Analytica community.}}
-Analytica User Guide 9
+'''Email tech support:''' Start an [mailto:support@lumina.com email message] to send to Lumina tech support using your default email application.
-'''Tutorial:''' Opens the ''Analytica Tutorial'' as a PDF document in Adobe Reader.
+'''Buy/Upgrade Analytica:'''  Open the Analytica online store in a web browser.
+'''Contact Lumina...:''' Open a dialog with web links, phone numbers, email address, and physical mailing address.
+'''Update license...:''' Open the [[License Information dialog|Licensing Information dialog]] so you can select a different [[Installation and licenses|license]] or [[Editions of Analytica|edition]] or activation for a new activation key to upgrade your license of Analytica.
 ----
-'''Analytica Wiki:''' Opens the Analytica Wiki home page in your default web browser.
+'''About Analytica...:''' Open the startup splash screen, mentioning the Analytica edition, release number, and the name of the person to whom it is licensed.
+{{Release||4.6|
+==Online help and electronic documentation==
+You can open the [[Analytica Tutorial|Tutoria]]l, [[Analytica User Guide|User Guide]], and [[Analytica Optimizer Guide|Optimizer Guide]] from the '''Help''' menu, or press the ''F1'' key to open the ''User Guide''.
-'''Wiki login info:'''  Dialog allows you to enter your Analytica Wiki login credentials so that when you click on a link for more information that jumps into the Analytica Wiki, Analytica is able to log you in automatically.
+You can read and search these PDF documents using the Adobe® Reader available free from http://www.adobe.com. Some additional features are available if you purchase Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional.
-'''Web tech support:''' Opens Lumina’s Analytica tech support web page in your default web browser, with support information
+:[[File:Ch0_4.png]]
-and links to frequently asked questions.
-'''Email tech support:''' Starts an email message to send to Lumina tech support using your default email application.
+'''The expandable outline:''' Click a section title to view that section. Click [[File:Ch0_5.png]] or [[File:Ch0_6.png]] icons to expand and collapse the bookmark tree for chapters and sections of the outline.
-'''Contact Lumina:''' Opens a dialog with Lumina contact information: web links, phone numbers, email, and physical mailing address.
+'''Function list:''' If you can’t remember the name of a function, go to the [[Glossary]] or [[:Category: Functions|Function List]], after the appendixes. This chapter lists functions and system variables by functional groups. From here, click a function name to jump to its full description.
-'''Update license:''' Opens the '''Licensing Information''' dialog so you can select a different license or edition or activation a new activation key to upgrade your license of Analytica.
+'''Alphabetical index:''' If the search box finds too many occurrences of a term, try the [[Alphabetical Function List]] or Index in the bookmarks. It usually links to the best explanation for each term.
+}}
+{{Release|5.0||
+== Help buttons on dialogs ==
-----
+:[[image:Help button on dialogs.png]]
-'''About Analytica:''' Opens the startup splash screen, mentioning the Analytica edition, release number, and the name of the person to whom it is licensed.
+Every dialog window in Analytica has a help button on the title strip. Pressing this button opens to the page about that dialog on the Analytica Docs.
+}}
-==Online help and electronic documentation==
-You can open the Tutorial, User Guide, and Optimizer Guide (when available) from the Help
-menu, or press the F1 key to open the User Guide.
-You can read and search these PDF documents using the Adobe® Reader available free from
-http://www.adobe.com. Some additional features are available if you purchase Adobe Acrobat
-Standard or Professional.
-Introduction About Analytica
-Analytica User Guide
-Help menu and electronic documentation
-The expandable outline Click a section title to view that section. Click or icons to expand and collapse the bookmark
-tree for chapters and sections of the outline.
-Function list If you can’t remember the name of a function, go to the Function List, after the appendixes. This
-chapter lists functions and system variables by functional groups. From here, click a function
-name to jump to its full description.
-Alphabetical index If the search box finds too many occurrences of a term, try the Index in the bookmarks. It usually
-links to the best explanation for each term.
-The Analytica Wiki
-The Analytica Wiki is the repository of resources for active Analytica users. The Wiki is located at
-the URL:
-http://wiki.Lumina.com
-There is no need to commit this URL to memory -- there is a link on the Help menu.
-The Wiki contains extended reference materials in greater detail than available here in the user
-guide, additional example models and libraries, Excel to Analytica equivalents, dozens of hours of
-recorded webinars, lists of published research publications that used Analytica, FAQs, in-depth
-articles on Analytica and modeling concepts, categorized function indexes, and much more. In
-addition, whenever you encounter an error while using Analytica, a hyperlink on the error dialog
-takes you to the Wiki where additional details and examples about that particular error message
-are described.
+==See Also==
+<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
+* [[Tutorial: Open a model to browse#Accessing_Help_Resources|Tutorial: Accessing Help Resources]]
+* [[Help balloons]]
+* [[Analytica User FAQs/Training and Consulting Help]]
+* [[ShowAboutAnalytica]]
+* [[Glossary]]
+* [[Analytica Tutorial]]
+* [[Analytica User FAQs]]
+* [[Analytica User Guide]]
+* [[Analytica Optimizer Guide]]
+* [[:Category: Documentation]]
+* [[Bibliography]]
+* [[Analytica User FAQs/Reference Materials and Additional Reading]]
+* [[Articles that refer to Analytica]]
+* [[Analytica Docs]]
+* [[:Category: Root|Categories of  docs pages]]
+* [[:Category: Functions]]
+* [[Installation and licenses]]
+* [http://lumina.com Lumina website]
+* [[Error Message Types]]
+* [[ShowContactLumina]]
+* [http://www.lumina.com/support/support-issue/ Request support online]
+* [mailto:support@lumina.com Send an email to Lumina tech support]
+</div>
-==See Also==
+<footer>User guides for earlier releases / {{PAGENAME}} / Normally, usually, and defaults </footer>
-<footer>Installation and licenses / {{PAGENAME}} / Normally, usually, and defaults </footer>