This software provides interactive assistance to help you learn
about the tools and complete tasks successfully. You can find most forms of
assistance on the Help menu.
- Welcome
- If this is your first time using the product, explore the Welcome to learn about major features and relevant technologies. You can also find guidance for getting started with the product.
- Samples and tutorials
- To get started with a feature or tool, review the tutorials and samples. You can access early learning tutorials and samples from the Welcome, or see the complete collection in the galleries. Choose the tutorial type that suits your learning style: interactive, multimedia, or text-based. Samples range from small technology-specific samples to large samples that demonstrate a complete application implemented using the platform tools. You can read a description of the sample and then import it into your workspace.
- Dynamic help
- Click the dialog box or view that you want to learn about, and press F1
or the question mark
for contextual help. Below the help are dynamic search
results that relate to your current context and settings. - Product help
- Topics can help you understand how to use the product to complete your tasks. Topics also include links to related information. Click the tabs at the bottom of the navigation pane of the Help window.
- Index
: Type words in the type-ahead field to look them up in the index.
To see the topic, click Display or click an index entry in the list. - Search
: Type words in the Search field, with double quotation marks
for exact searches, asterisk (*) or question mark (?) wild cards, or Boolean
operators (AND, OR, NOT). In some browsers, you can also narrow your search
scope and save search lists. - Table of contents
: When you find a topic with the index
or search, you can click 
or 
to see its context in the navigation tree. - Bookmarks
: You can bookmark your favorite topics while browsing. - Other languages: Change your browser regional settings to the locale
and language you want. Topics that are not available in that language are
displayed in English. Help home page: To return to the home page, click
.