User Guide

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1.9 Getting Help
The Maple Help System contains resources to help you use Maple. See Table
1.5.
Table 1.5: Maple Help Resources
DescriptionResource
An interactive overview of Maple.
• From the Help menu, select Take a Tour of Maple.
Maple Tour
Online manuals, including the Maple Getting Started Guide
and this manual. You can execute examples, copy content into
other documents, and search the contents using the Maple Help
System.
The Maple Getting Started Guide provides extensive informa-
tion for new users on using Maple and the resources available
on the Maplesoft Web site (http://www.maplesoft.com). Each
procedure and concept is accompanied by visual depictions of
actions to help you identify Maple resources and tools.
• From the Help menu, select Manuals, Dictionary, and
more>Manuals.
Online Manuals
A list of key commands and concepts.
• From the Help menu, select Quick Help. Alternatively,
press F1. For additional information, click an item in the
Quick Help.
Quick Help
A table of commands and information for new users that opens
in a new window. It contains hyperlinks to help pages for more
information.
• From the Help menu, select Quick Reference. Alternat-
ively, press Ctrl + F2 (Command + F2, for Macintosh).
Quick Reference
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