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10 | Chapter 1 Find the Information You Need
Get Additional Help
You can access several additional sources of help:
■ Press F1 from within a command, system variable, or dialog box. Dis-
plays complete information from the Command Reference.
■ Choose the question mark button in many dialog boxes. Displays a
description of the dialog box option you select.
■ View the product Readme topic in Help. Displays late-breaking informa-
tion about this product.
Other resources help you get information about Autodesk products and assis-
tance with your AutoCAD questions.
■ Autodesk website. Access http://www.autodesk.com.
■ Local support. Check with your AutoCAD dealer or Autodesk country
office.
Use Active Assistance
The Active Assistance window provides a convenient portal to the Help sys-
tem. During any command, Active Assistance displays links to the Command
Reference and to procedures that are relevent to the current command.
You can type a question in the box at the top of the Active Assistance window
and then click Ask. The Help system then displays a list of topics that are
related to your question.
Often, the guidance you get from Active Assistance is just enough to get you
started performing unfamiliar or rarely used tasks.
To display Active Assistance
■ From the Help menu, choose Active Assistance.
To navigate in Active Assistance
1 Right-click in the Active Assistance window to display the shortcut menu.
2 Choose Home, Back, or Forward to navigate in Active Assistance topics, as
you would in a web browser.