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In a dialog box, press F1 to open the Reference topic
for the active tool.
In a dialog box, click Help to open the Reference topic for
the active tool.
Help button
How is Help organized?
Most of the subjects in the Help system have three topic types: Procedure,
Reference, and Concept. Every Help topic selected from a menu has a tab row
above the topic title. You can click a tab to go to the other available topic
types.
Procedure topics provide step-by-step procedures for accomplishing
AutoCAD Electrical tasks.
Reference topics offer detailed descriptions of elements in the dialog box.
Concept topics provide conceptual information about tools and tasks and
can explain related concepts.
The titles of Help topics are designed to tell you the information they contain:
Procedure topics start with an action word, for example, "Create projects."
Reference topics have the names of the dialog box as their titles.
Concept topics typically start with the words "Use" or Overview of.
How do I get around in the Help system?
When you start the Help system, the first thing you see is the AutoCAD
Electrical Help home page.
At the top of every Help window is a navigation bar with
icons. The left-most icon is either Show or Hide, which
Navigation bar
opens or closes the navigation pane of the Help window.
The navigation pane has tabs for Table of Contents, Index,
Search, and Favorites.
Presents an overview of the available documentation in a
list of topics and subtopics. Provides a structure so you can
Table of Contents
always see where you are in Help and quickly jump to
other topics. Click AutoCAD Electrical Command Listing
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