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Manual

6.1.  Help

Launch

Open the Program help via ? menu -> Help or F1.

The CADENAS Help System dialog box opens.

[Note] Note

All manuals available under $CADENAS/proghelp/"language" are loaded.

A search is performed encompassing ALL manuals.

Help menu

Help menu

Alternatively you can call the context sensitive help with Ctrl F1.

  1. Open the desired application or the dialog area.

  2. Click into it.

  3. Call the context sensitive help with Ctrl+F1.

    The documentation opens at the specific place for the respective application.

Search via table of content

  1. Select the Contents tabbed page.

  2. Open the desired chapters with click on the little arrows.

  3. In the table of content click on the desired pages.

  4. Page up and down you can perform on the main page via Prev and Next link.

    Browsing backwards and forwards according to the sequence of already called up pages you can perform via yellow arrow keys top left (alternatively with ALT+arrow key left <- and ALT+arrow key right ->).

Index search

  1. Select the Index tabbed page.

  2. Enter a search term under Search for.

  3. Scroll through the list.

  4. Click on the desired term.

    -> On the right side the desired chapter or a selection dialog box (if multiple hits exist) opens.

    [Tip] Tip

    Type the first letter of the desired term on the keyboard. -> The highlighter jumps to the first entry for this letter.

Standard Search and Advanced Search

Absolutely use the Advanced Search in addition. When searching with combined terms or not exact spelling mostly this search is better. You can search here for similar terms or exclude terms, etc.

Search via tabbed page "Search"

Search via tabbed page "Search"

  1. Select the Search tabbed page.

  2. In the input field of Search for or the input fields of Advanced search enter the desired search term.

  3. Click on Search.

    -> The results are listed.

    Browse through the result pages by clicking on the arrows.

Delete index

After an update of the help files (e.g. when you have manually updated the files) it makes sense to delete the index in order for the index to be automatically generated again.

  1. Edit menu -> Preferences...

    -> The Preferences dialog box opens.

  2. Select the Documentation tabbed page and mark all manuals.

  3. Click on Remove.

  4. Close the window with OK.

  5. Start the application (e.g. PARTdataManager) again.