The Help system uses a Web browser and is available online and offline.
You can access the Help system by doing one of the following:
- Press Fn-F1.
If you press Fn-F1 when a command is active, the appropriate help topic is opened in the Web browser. Otherwise, the landing page of the Help system is displayed.
- On the Mac OS menu bar, click Help
Autocad Help. The landing page of the Help system is displayed.
- In a dialog box, click the Help or ‘?’ button.
The help topic related to the dialog box is opened in the Web browser.
Navigate Help
Each page of the help system is divided into four main areas:
- Header - Contains the navigation links to the Home page along with links that represent the path to the current topic. Along with navigation links, the Search text box is also located in the header.
- Left Side - Along the left side of a page is the table of contents that allow you to navigate in the current guide. You can also find links sections on the current page as well as related topics in the documentation set. When on the Home page, the left side contains a listing of the guides in the current documentation set.
- Middle - The middle of the page contains the content for the current topic. When on the Home page, the middle of the page contains links to the main topics in the selected guide in the documentation set from the left side.
- Right Side - The right side of the page contains links that are related to the current topic. These links come from Autodesk.com and are available only when using the online version of the Help system.
Search Help
In the upper-right corner of each page is a Search text box. Enter a text string to search on, and click the Search button or press Enter to begin the search. The results of the search are displayed on a new page. The left side of the results page lists the books that a search result was found in, while the right side displays the results for the selected book. Click a book from the left side to see additional serach results, or click a link from the search results to open the associated topic.