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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

Select the User Guide, Optimizer, Tutorial, or Analytica wiki from the Analytica Help menu to open the relevant wiki page: Analytica User Guide, Optimizer, Analytica Tutorial, or the Analytica Wiki home page

(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

For 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), go down the menu hierarchy and select any function or system variable:

Selecting an option opens an Object window like this one for Factorial:

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

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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''':
+== Open wiki from the Analytica Help menu ==
+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
 :: [[File:Analytica wiki from Help menu.png|center]]
-:: 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:
+(In releases prior to  [[Analytica 5.0]] the first three options open corresponding PDF documents instead of the wiki. )
-::* 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 ===
+== Use 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.
+# 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 will open the wiki in a browser tab and search it for the text you entered.
+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 Definition for Wiki help for a system function ==
-To see wiki help for any function in a Definition:
+For 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
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 :: [[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 ==
-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:
+From the '''Definition''' menu (if your cursor is not inside a Definition), go down the menu hierarchy and select any function or system variable:
 [[File:Definition menu and submenu.jpg|400px]]
-It opens an Object window looking like this:
+Selecting an option opens an Object window like this one for [[Factorial]]:
 [[File:Object view for Factorial function.jpg|400px]]
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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 ==
 * [[What's new in this Analytica wiki?]]
 * [[Comments and suggestions for Analytica wiki]]