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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.

Open wiki from the Analytica Help menu

A simple way is to select the Analytica Help meny, and select the User Guide, Optimizer, Tutorial, or Analytica wiki:

Each of these opens the relevant wiki page, Analytica User Guide, Optimizer, Analytica Tutorial, or the Analytica Wiki home page. (In Analytica releases prior to Analytica 5.0 the first three options actually open the PDF document for the User Guide, Optimizer, and Tutorial, respectively. These wiki versions have several advantages over the PDF documents:

They contain numerous clickable cross-links;
You can search all of them at once using the search box at the top right of this page or from the Find dialog (ctrl-F) inside Analytica;
They are continuously updated; and
You can comment on them or improve them yourself in the wiki.

Open the Find dialog and select Wiki

Press control+F (or select Find from the Object menu) to open the Find dialog.
Type in search text, which could be a concept, function, or feature.
Click the wiki button

It will open the wiki in a browser tab and search it for the text you entered.

Right-click on Definition for Wiki help for a system function

To see wiki help for any function in a Definition:

Double-click the identifier of a function in the definition of a varaible, 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 (if your cursor is not inside a Definition), select any function or system variable to open its Object window, and see its Description. If you want more details, click on the blue wiki help link at the end of the Description, for example:

It opens an Object window looking like this:

Click the blue link Wiki help on Factorial(...) to open its wiki page.

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 [[Category: Analytica wiki]]
-When inside Analytica, there are several ways to link directly to a page explaining a feature or function in your default web browser.
+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.
 === Open wiki from the Analytica Help menu ===
-You can open the  [[Analytica Wiki]] home page by selecting '''Analytica wiki '''from Analytica's  '''Help''' menu:
+A simple way is to select the Analytica '''Help''' meny, and select the '''User Guide''', '''Optimizer''', '''Tutorial''', or '''Analytica wiki''':
 :: [[File:Analytica wiki from Help menu.png|center]]
-:: The three top options in the Help menu, '''User Guide''', '''Optimizer''', and '''Tutorial''', each open the selected document as a PDF from [[Analytica 4.6]] and earlier. From [[Analytica 5.0]], they open the same content in this wiki, as the  [[Analytica User Guide]], [[Optimizer |Optimizer]], or [[Analytica Tutorial]] respectively. These online versions have several advantages over the PDF documents:
+:: Each of these opens the relevant wiki page,  [[Analytica User Guide]], [[Optimizer |Optimizer]], [[Analytica Tutorial]], or the [[Analytica Wiki]] home page. (In Analytica releases prior to  [[Analytica 5.0]] the first three options actually open the PDF document for the '''User Guide''', '''Optimizer''', and '''Tutorial''', respectively. These wiki versions have several advantages over the PDF documents:
 ::* They contain numerous clickable cross-links;
-::* you can search them all simultaneously using the search box at the top right of this page or from the [[Find dialog]] (ctrl-F) inside Analytica;
+::* You can search all of them at once using the search box at the top right of this page or from the [[Find dialog]] (ctrl-F) inside Analytica;
-::* they are continuously updated; and
+::* They are continuously updated; and
-::* you can comment on them or improve them yourself in the wiki.
+::* You can comment on them or improve them yourself in the wiki.
+=== Open the Find dialog and select Wiki ===
+# Press control+F (or select Find from the Object menu) to open the Find dialog.
+# Type in search text, which could be a concept, function, or feature.
+# Click the '''wiki''' button
+It will open the wiki in a browser tab and search it for the text you entered.
 === Right-click on Definition for Wiki help for a system function ===
 To see wiki help for any function in a Definition:
-# Select a function identifier, say, '''NPV''', in the Definition of a variable by double-clicking it.
+# Double-click the identifier of a function in the definition of a varaible, say, '''NPV''', to select it.
-# '''Right click''' to see the context menu
+# '''Right click''' to open the context menu
-# Select '''Wiki help on NPV''' to open the wiki page with a full description and examples:
+# Select '''Wiki help on NPV''' to open its wiki 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''']]