User`s guide
Desktop Tools and Development Environment
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specify the products to look in, browse categories of functions, and search for words that
appear in function reference pages. For more information, see Find Functions Using the
Function Browser.
1. To open the Function Browser,
click its button or press Shift+F1.
2. Find
categories
and functions
whose
help contains
words you
specify.
3. Click to
change
the scope
of product
documentation
to look in.
4. Select a function to view
quick help for it in a pop-up window.
5. To use a function, drag it from the
Function Browser to a tool, such as the
Command Window.
View Syntax Hints While Entering Statements
While you enter statements in the Command Window and Editor, you can view the
allowable input argument syntax for a function in a pop-up window. This feature is called
function hints. To use function hints:
1
Type the function name, followed by the left parenthesis, (, and pause. The syntax
for input arguments automatically displays in a pop-up window near the statement
you are entering.