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New Features G uide 973
Notes
•Therearealso
shortcut menu commands
(page 3–971)
that can be accessed through the
keyboard.
• The Match Similar Words check box, on the
Search tab, will b e turned on if you used it for
your last search.
Help Commands
New Featu res Gui de
Help menu > New Features Guide
The New Features Guide is a PDF document that
provides an introduction to the new features in
3ds Max 7.
User R ef erence
Help menu > User Reference
Click User Ref erence to displa y the 3ds Max
User Reference online. This reference provides
nav igation and search metho ds to help you to find
the information you want.
Co nt ents—Starting from the to p most topic, you
click to select different levels of topics, proceeding
from more general to more specific. Click a book
icon to see the topics in that book. Click the page
icon for the topic you want to display.
Index—Lists k eywords for topics alphabetically in
index format.
Search—All words in all topics are indexed when
the reference was compiled. When you enter the
words you want to search for, the Search engine
gives you a list of all topics containing those words.
Note: When you open the User Reference from
the Help menu, you are actually open ing an
umbrella reference, which contains references for
3ds Maxand reactor. You can access each of these
references individually in the
\help directory of
your 3ds Max installation.
See also
Using the Reference On line (page 3–965)
Finding Information Fast (page 3–966)
MA XS cr i pt R ef erence
Help menu > MAXScript Reference
Click MAXScript Reference to display the
MAXScript Reference online. This separate online
reference system provides navigation and search
methods to help you to find the MA XScript
information you want.
Co ntents—Starting from the topmost topic, you
click to select different levels of topics, proceeding
from more general to more specific. Click a book
icon to see the topics in that book. Click the page
icon for the topic y ou want to display.
Index—Listskeywordsfortopicsalphabeticallyin
index format.
Search—Allwordsinalltopicsareindexedwhen
the reference was compiled. When you enter the
words you want to search for, the Search engine
gives you a list of all topics containing those words.
See also
About MAXScr ipt (page 1–xx)