The Help window contains information about PartMaker and how to use it:
- The left panel lists the topics available in the help. It contains three tabs, which enable you to search for information using a variety of methods.
- The right panel displays the information in the topic you select.
You can display the window using the Help menu or by pressing the F1 key.
Contents tab
The Contents tab lists the help topics arranged by subject. Use it when you want to understand the structure of the application, or when you want to read around a topic and look for related information:
- To display the information for a topic, click its entry in the tree. The Book
icon indicates the topic contains subsections; the Page
icon indicates the topic has no subsections.
- To list the sections within a book topic, click the icon or its title.
Index tab
The Index tab lists names and subjects in alphabetical order. Use it when you want to look for information, but are not sure of its name or its location in the help:
- To find an index entry, type a subject in the box at the top of the index, or use the scrollbar to navigate up and down the list.
- To display the topics associated with an entry, double-click its entry in the list.
- To locate the selected topic in the Contents tab, click Display.
Search tab
The Search tab enables you to look for words or phrases contained in the help topics:
- To search for a word, type it in the search box, and click List Topics.
- To search for a phrase, type the text, enclosed in double quotation marks, in the search box, and then click List Topics.
- To search for words or phrases using logical operators, enter the text in the search field; click
; select the operator you want to use; and then click
List Topics.
- To restrict the search to the currently listed topics, select the Search previous results check box.
- To restrict the search to the titles of the help topics, select the Search titles only check box.
- To locate the selected topic in the Contents tab, click Display.
Note: By default, the search looks for common suffixes as well as the word itself. To search for the exact word only, deselect the
Match similar words check box.
Note: If you do not enclose the text in quotation marks, the search lists every occurrence of each word.