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[[Category: Analytica wiki]]
 
[[Category: Analytica wiki]]
  
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These are some of the ways you can open this Analytica wiki in a web browser from inside Analytica:
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When inside Analytica, there are several ways to link directly to a page explaining a feature or function in your default web browser.
  
 
=== Open wiki from the Analytica Help menu ===
 
=== Open wiki from the Analytica Help menu ===
  
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From Analytica's  '''Help''' menu, select '''Analytica wiki'''. It will open the  [[Analytica Wiki]] home page in your default web browser.  
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You can open the  [[Analytica Wiki]] home page by selecting '''Analytica wiki '''from Analytica's  '''Help''' menu:  
  
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:: [[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.
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:: [[File:Analytica wiki from Help menu.png|center]]  
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:: 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:   
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::* They contain numerous clickable cross-links;  
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::* 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;  
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::* they are continuously updated; and  
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::* you can comment on them or improve them yourself in the wiki.
  
 
=== Right-click on Definition for Wiki help for a system function ===
 
=== Right-click on Definition for Wiki help for a system function ===
  
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To see wiki help for any function from inside Analytica.
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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.  
 
# Select a function identifier, say, '''NPV''', in the Definition of a variable by double-clicking it.  
 
# '''Right click''' to see the context menu  
 
# '''Right click''' to see the context menu  
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=== Open Object view for a function from Definition menu ===
 
=== Open Object view for a function from Definition menu ===
  
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You can also open the wiki page for a function from the '''Definition''' menu. For example, select '''Factorial''' from the '''Math''' menu:
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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:
  
 
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[[File:Object view for Factorial function.jpg|400px]]
 
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To open its wiki page, click the blue link <u style="color: blue">Wiki help on Factorial</u>.
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Click the blue link <u style="color: blue">Wiki help on Factorial(...)  </u>to open its wiki page.
  
 
=== See also ===
 
=== See also ===

Revision as of 00:05, 25 May 2017


When inside Analytica, there are several ways to link directly to a page explaining a feature or function 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:

Analytica wiki from Help menu.png
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, or Analytica Tutorial respectively. These online 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;
  • 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 in a Definition:

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

Definition menu and submenu.jpg

It opens an Object window looking like this:

Object view for Factorial function.jpg

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

See also

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