Obtaining Help

You can obtain help on the Timing Analyzer's commands and procedures by selecting commands in the Help menu, by selecting the Help button in the toolbar, by clicking the Help button in dialog boxes, or by pressing the F1 key. The Help button in the toolbar, the ones contained in some menu command dialog boxes, and the F1 key provide context-sensitive help for what you click on or that dialog box, respectively. Context-sensitive help is discussed in “Context-Sensitive Help” section.

Help Menu

The Help menu contains the following commands.

• Help Topics lists the online help topics available for the Timing Analyzer. From the opening screen, you can jump to command information or step-by-step instructions for using the Timing Analyzer. After you start the help, you can click the Contents button (first button in the top-left corner) in the Help window whenever you want to return to the help topics list.
  
  
• About Timing Analyzer displays a pop-up window that displays the version number of the Timing Analyzer software.
  
  

Context-Sensitive Help

You can obtain context-sensitive help on the Timing Analyzer by using the Help button in the toolbar or the Help button contained in many menu command dialog boxes. This section describes both methods of how to access the context-sensitive help.

Toolbar Button

To access context-sensitive help from the toolbar follow this procedure.

1. Click on the Help button from the toolbar, shown in the following figure.
   
   
   
   The cursor changes to an arrow and question mark, like the button.
   
   
2. For help on menu commands, click (with the left mouse button) on the menu, then click the command in that menu or submenu. For help on toolbar buttons, click once on the particular button.
   
   The Timing Analyzer displays information about the selected command or button.
   
   

Help Button in Dialog Boxes

Many of the dialog boxes associated with Timing Analyzer menu commands have a Help button. You can click on the button to obtain help on that dialog box. A window opens that displays the information.

F1 Key

Pressing the F1 key when the cursor is placed on a dialog box displays help on that dialog box. Pressing the F1 key is the same as selecting the Help Topics command from the Help menu, if no dialog boxes are displayed.