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These are some of the ways you can open this Analytica wiki in a web browser from inside Analytica:

Open wiki from the Analytica Help menu

From Analytica's Help menu, select Analytica wiki. It will open the Analytica Wiki home page in your default web browser.

In Analytica 4.6 and earlier, the three top links, User Guide, Optimizer, and Tutorial, open the selected document as a PDF. In Analytica 5.0, select one of these options to open it as at Analytica User Guide, Optimizer, or Analytica Tutorial as part of this wiki. These wiki versions have several advantages over the PDF documents: They contain numerous clickable cross-links; you can search them simultaneously using the search box (top right of this page); they are continuously updated; and you can comment on them or improve them yourself in the wiki.

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

To see wiki help for any function from inside Analytica.

Select a function identifier, say, NPV, in the Definition of a variable by double-clicking it.
Right click to see the context menu
Select Wiki help on NPV to open the wiki page with a full description and examples:

Open Object view for a function from Definition menu

You can also open the wiki page for a function from the Definition menu. For example, select Factorial from the Math menu:

It opens an Object window looking like this:

To open its wiki page, click the blue link Wiki help on Factorial.

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 [[Category: Analytica wiki]]
-These pages are in the form of wiki. It uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki], the same engine that powers Wikipedia.  Like Wikipedia, any user can improve and add pages for the benefit of others -- in this case the growing community of Analytica users.
+These are some of the ways you can open this Analytica wiki in a web browser from inside Analytica:
-If you have a paid Analytica license with current support, you can set up an account with edit access from Analytica, from the '''Wiki login info...''' option in the '''Help''' menu.  Or you can email [mailto:support@lumina.com support@lumina.com] to set up an account.
+=== Open wiki from the Analytica Help menu ===
-== How to access this wiki from inside Analytica ==
+From Analytica's  '''Help''' menu, select '''Analytica wiki'''. It will open the  [[Analytica Wiki]] home page in your default web browser.
-==== Access wiki from Help menu ====
+:: [[File:Analytica wiki from Help menu.png|center]] In [[Analytica 4.6]] and earlier, the three top links, '''User Guide''', '''Optimizer''', and '''Tutorial''', open the selected document as a PDF. In [[Analytica 5.0]], select one of these options to open it as at [[Analytica User Guide]], [[Optimizer |Optimizer]], or [[Analytica Tutorial]] as part of this wiki. These wiki versions have several advantages over the PDF documents:  They contain numerous clickable cross-links; you can search them simultaneously using the search box (top right of this page); they are continuously updated; and you can comment on them or improve them yourself in the wiki.
-inside Analytica on your desktop, you can open the [[Analytica Wiki]] home page in your default web browser  by selecting '''Analytica wiki''' from the '''Help''' menu.
-:: [[File:Analytica wiki from Help menu.png|center]]In Analytica 4.6 and earlier, the three top links, '''User Guide''', '''Optimizer''', and '''Tutorial''', open these documents as PDFs, In Analytica 5.0, these link to versions of these documents in the Analytica wiki. The advantages of the online wiki versions over the PDFs are that they can all be searched simultaneously, the contain numerous clickable cross-links, they are more uptodate, and you can comment on them or improve them yourself in the wiki. You can already see these online versions at [[Analytica User Guide]], [[Optimizer |Optimizer]], and [[Analytica Tutorial]].
+=== Right-click on Definition for Wiki help for a system function ===
-==== Right-click on Definition for Wiki help for a system function ====
+To see wiki help for any function from inside Analytica.
-To see wiki help for any system function from inside Analytica.
+# Select a function identifier, say, '''NPV''', in the Definition of a variable by double-clicking it.
-# Select a function identifier, say, '''NPV''', in a Definition by double-clicking it.
 # '''Right click''' to see the context menu
 # Select '''Wiki help on NPV''' to open the 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''']]
-==== Open Object view for a function from Definition menu ====
+=== Open Object view for a function from Definition menu ===
-Another way to open the wiki page for a function '''F''' is to select that function from the '''Definition''' menu, for example '''Factorial''' from the '''Math''' menu:
+You can also open the wiki page for a function from the '''Definition''' menu. For example, select '''Factorial''' from the '''Math''' menu:
 [[File:Definition menu and submenu.jpg|400px]]
-It opens an Object window looking like this with a brief description:
+It opens an Object window looking like this:
 [[File:Object view for Factorial function.jpg|400px]]
-For more details click the blue link <u style="color: blue">Wiki help on F</u> to open its wiki page.
+To open its wiki page, click the blue link <u style="color: blue">Wiki help on Factorial</u>.
-== How to add comments or edit the wiki ==
- Anyone can add comments and requests at the bottom of each page in the '''Comment''' section (including this page!)
-If you have a paid Analytica license, you can sign into this wiki, and edit any content. (See above on how to get access>)
-To edit a page, you select '''Edit''' or '''Edit source''' from '''This page''' pulldown menu at the top of each wiki page:
-* '''Edit''' opens the whole page using the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:VisualEditor/User_guide Visual Editor], which is (almost) WYSYWIG  (What You See Is What You Get). Use the controls in the toolbar at the top to format text, including bold, italic, heading styles,  lists,  and so on. You can also insert links and screenshots. All this without needing to learn the wiki markup language.
-* '''Edit source''' opens the page (or a section if you click '''Edit''' next to a heading) showing its underlying wiki markup. This the same markup language used in Wikipedia to specify links, lists, styles, and so on. This editor also offers a toolbar at the top for common styles and formats. For details, see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents Help on mediawiki markup language].
 === See also ===
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 * [[What's new in this Analytica wiki?]]
 * [[Comments and suggestions for Analytica wiki]]
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:VisualEditor/User_guide User Guide for Visual Editor]
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents Help on wiki format]