Open these docs from Analytica
You can access and search these Analytica docs directly from inside the Analytica software. This is very handy when you are learning Analytica or want to find or understand a particular feature or function. Here's how to do that.
Inside Analytica, press the Help menu, and select User Guide, Optimizer, Tutorial, wiki Home page, or Functions by category. It will open the relevant page in your default web browser.
Use the Find dialog to search docs online
- To open the Find dialog, click
in the toolbar, or press control+F.
- Type in search text, which could be a feature, function, or anything you are looking for.
- Click the on the Wiki button
It opens the wiki in your default browser and shows the page with title matching the search text, or a list of search results.
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 Wiki help on NPV to open its wiki page with a full description and examples:
From the Definition menu, go down the menu hierarchy and select a function or system variable:
Selecting the function opens an Object window like this one for Factorial:
Click the blue link Wiki help on Factorial(...) to open its doc page online.
See also
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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