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Use the Help System Efficiently | 7
The results of natural language queries are often more accurate than the
results of searches. Matching topics are ranked by percentages that reflect
how likely they are to answer your questions.
You can also expand your natural language query to the Web.
To use natural language queries in Help
1 Choose the Ask Me tab, and then enter the question you want answered.
Alternatively, you can enter a phrase or a single word.
2 To narrow query results, select a particular item or set from the List of
Components to Search.
3 Click the link for the topic you want to display.
Note For hints on obtaining good query results, click the Query Tips link on
the Ask Me tab.
To expand your queries to the Web
Use this procedure if the results of a natural language query did not provide
the information you needed.
1 Scroll to the bottom of the list of matching topics that resulted from your
query.
2 Click the Search the Web link at the bottom of the list.
A web search engine displays the results of your search.
Note For hints on obtaining good query results, click the Query Tips link on
the Ask Me tab.
Understand How Help Topics Are Organized
Most topics in the Help system have three tabs above the right pane of the
Help window. The tabs display different types of information.
■ Concepts. Describes an AutoCAD feature or function. When you click a
concept tab, notice that the Help Contents list in the left pane of the Help
window expands and highlights the current topic. The Contents tab dis-
plays the structure of the Help on that topic. You can easily display nearby
topics by clicking them in the list.