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

Use the Find dialog to search docs online

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

It shows the docs page with matching title if there is one, or a list of search results.

Access from the Analytica Help menu

Inside Analytica, open the Help menu, and select User Guide, Optimizer, Tutorial, Docs Home page, or Functions by category. It opens the selected docs page in your default web browser.

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 Docs help on NPV to open its docs 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 Docs 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]]
+[[Category: Analytica Docs]]
-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.
+As you use Analytica on the Desktop, it's very handy to link to these Analytic docs online to find and learn about a particular feature or function.  Here are four quick ways to do that.
+== Use the Find dialog to search  docs online ==
-== Open wiki from the Analytica Help menu ==
+:[[File:Find dialog with Open this wiki.png|400px]]
-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
+# To open the [[Find dialog]], click [[File:Find magnifying glass icon.jpg|20px]] in the [[toolbar]], or press ''control+F''.
+# Type into the search box the name of a  function, feature, concept, or whatever you are looking for.
+# Click the '''on Docs''' button
+It shows  the docs page with matching title if there is one, or a list of search results.
+== Access from the Analytica Help menu ==
+Inside Analytica, open the [[Help]] menu, and select  [[Analytica User Guide| User Guide]], [[Optimizer |Optimizer]], [[Analytica Tutorial| Tutorial]],  [[Analytica Docs| Docs Home page]], or [[Functions by category]]. It opens the selected docs page in your default web 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 ==
-# 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.
-== 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:
+# Select '''Docs help on NPV''' to open its docs page with a full description and examples:
 :: [[File:Right click on function identifier.png|center|frameless|Select function name, open right-click menu, and select '''Wiki help''']]
 == 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]]:
+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 wiki page.
+For more, click the blue link <u style="color: blue">Docs help on Factorial(...)  </u>to open its doc page online.
 == See also ==
-* [[What's new in this Analytica wiki?]]
+* [[What are these Analytica docs?]]
-* [[Comments and suggestions for Analytica wiki]]
+* [[Comments and suggestions for Analytica docs]]
+== History ==
+* Prior to [[Analytica 5.0]],  the first three options in the [[Help]] menu opened PDF documents instead of online pages.