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OpenVMS Printed and Online Documentation
8.2 Online Documentation on CD-ROM
8.2.2 PDF Viewers
Tools are supplied on the documentation CD-ROM for viewing PDF files on
OpenVMS Alpha systems and Windows systems.
For OpenVMS Alpha users, the Adobe Acrobat Viewer (for Java) is provided.
Instructions for installing this Java implementation of the Acrobat Viewer are
provided in a README file on the CD-ROM.
For users of Windows systems, an executable file for the Adobe Acrobat Viewer
is provided. This self-extracting file can be installed on a personal computer
running Windows.
For information about how to access documents on the documentation CD-
ROM and about the PDF viewers, refer to the Guide to OpenVMS Version 7.3
CD–ROMs.
8.3 Online Documentation on the OpenVMS Web Site
You can access OpenVMS manuals in various online formats from the following
OpenVMS web site:
http://www.compaq.com/openvms
The OpenVMS web site contains links to current versions of manuals in the
OpenVMS Full Documentation set as well as manuals for selected layered
products.
8.4 Online Help
The OpenVMS operating system provides online help for the commands, utilities,
and system routines documented in the Full Documentation set.
You can use the Help Message facility to quickly access online descriptions
of system messages. In addition, you can add your own source files, such as
messages documentation that you have written to the Help Message database.
The OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help Message Users
manual explains how to use the Help Message facility. You can also access DCL
Help for Help Message by entering:
$ HELP HELP/MESSAGE
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