Installation guide

4 Help for Using MAT LAB
• Function and block references pages
• An inde x of major ex amples in the documentation
• The PDF version of the docume nta t ion, which is suitable for printing (this
istheonlydirectaccessfromMATLABtotheprintabledocumentation)
Navigate the Contents Listing
In the Contents listing, you can
• Click the + to the left of an item to show the first page of that document or
section in the display pane and expand the listing for that item in the Help
Navigator pane. You can alternatively: double-click the item, press the
right arrow key, or press + on the numeric keypad.
• Click the - to the left of an item to collapse the listings for that item. You
can alternatively: double-click the item, press the left arrow k ey, or p res s -
on the numeric keypad.
• S e lect a n ite m to show the first page of that document or se ction in the
display pane.
• Press * on the numeric keypad to show all subentries for the selection.
• Usethedownanduparrowkeystomovethroughthelistofitems.
Icons in the Contents Listing
Icons for entries in the top levels of the Contents pan e listing represent the
type of documentation so you can quickly find the kind of information you nee d
for a product. See the table for icons in “Types of Documentation” on page 4-7.
Synchronize the Contents Listing and Demos Listing with the
Display Pane
By default, the topic highlighted in the Contents pane matches the title of the
page appearing in the display pane. The Contents pane listing is said to be
synchronized with the displayed document. This feature is useful if you access
documentation with a method other than the Contents pane, for example,
using a link in a page in the display pane, or selecting a search result. With
synchronization, you know what book and section the displayed page is part of,
and where that section fits within the overall book. Note that synchronization
4-12