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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+{{ReleaseBar}}
 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 [[Analytica User Guide|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}}.
-'''Content outline F1:'''  Opens the [[Analytica User Guide|User Guide]] showing chapters, sections, and subsections as an expandable outline, using bookmarks. Press the function key ''F1'' as a shortcut.
+'''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.
-'''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.
+'''Optimizer guide:''' Open the [[Analytica Optimizer Guide]]  {{Release|5.0||in your web browser}}.
-'''Index:''' Opens the [[Analytica User Guide|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||'''Functions by category:''' Opens to [[:Category:Functions|Category:Functions]], an on-line index of Analytica functions.}}
-'''Find:''' Opens the '''Find''' dialog in Adobe Acrobat so you can search for a term.
+{{Release|5.0||'''What's new in {{#svarget:anarelease|6.0}}:''' Opens to [[What's new in Analytica {{#svarget:anarelease|6.0}}?]]}}
-'''User Guide F1:''' Opens this [[Analytica User Guide]] as a PDF document in Adobe Reader. Press the function key ''F1'' as a shortcut (see [[Help menu and documentation#Online help and electronic documentation|Online help and electronic documentation]] below).
+----
+'''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.
-'''Optimizer:''' Opens the [[Analytica Optimizer Guide]] (if you have Analytica Optimizer).
-'''Tutorial:''' Opens the [[Analytica Tutorial]] as a PDF document in Adobe Reader.
+'''{{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.
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-'''Analytica Wiki:''' Opens the [[Analytica Wiki]] home page in your default web browser.
-'''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.
+'''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.}}
-'''Web tech support:''' Opens [http://lumina.com Lumina]’s Analytica tech support web page in your default web browser, with support information and links to frequently asked questions.
+'''Email tech support:''' Start an [mailto:support@lumina.com email message] to send to Lumina tech support using your default email application.
-'''Email tech support:''' Starts an [mailto:support@lumina.com 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:''' Opens a dialog with [http://lumina.com Lumina] contact information: web links, phone numbers, email, and physical mailing address.
+'''Contact Lumina...:''' Open a dialog with web links, phone numbers, email address, and physical mailing address.
-'''Update license:''' Opens 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.
+'''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.
 ----
-'''About Analytica:''' Opens the startup splash screen, mentioning the Analytica edition, release number, and the name of the person to whom it is licensed.
+'''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]] (when available) from the '''Help''' menu, or press the ''F1'' key to open the ''User Guide''.
+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''.
 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.
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 '''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 ==
-==The Analytica Wiki==
+:[[image:Help button on dialogs.png]]
-The Analytica Wiki is the repository of resources for active Analytica users. The Wiki is located at http://wiki.Lumina.com
+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.
+}}
-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==
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-* [[Using_the_Rent_vs._Buy_Model#Accessing_Help_Resources|Accessing Help Resources]]
+* [[Tutorial: Open a model to browse#Accessing_Help_Resources|Tutorial: Accessing Help Resources]]
 * [[Help balloons]]
 * [[Analytica User FAQs/Training and Consulting Help]]
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 * [[Analytica User FAQs/Reference Materials and Additional Reading]]
 * [[Articles that refer to Analytica]]
-* [[Analytica Wiki]]
+* [[Analytica Docs]]
-* [[:Category: Root|Categories of  wiki pages]]
+* [[:Category: Root|Categories of  docs pages]]
 * [[:Category: Functions]]
 * [[Installation and licenses]]
 * [http://lumina.com Lumina website]
 * [[Error Message Types]]
-* [[ShowContactLumina]]]
+* [[ShowContactLumina]]
 * [http://www.lumina.com/support/support-issue/ Request support online]
 * [mailto:support@lumina.com Send an email to Lumina tech support]
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-<footer>Editions of Analytica / {{PAGENAME}} / Normally, usually, and defaults </footer>
+<footer>User guides for earlier releases / {{PAGENAME}} / Normally, usually, and defaults </footer>