Installation guide

Viewing Documentation in the Help Browser
Yo u can change the selection in the Look in field to search for the specified
text in other MATLAB desktop tools.
See “Search Documentation and Dem oswiththeHelpBrowser”onpage4-16
for instructions on looking through all the documentation instead of just one
page.
Copy Information
To copy information from the display pane, such as code in an example, first
select the information. Then right-click and select Copy from the context
menu. You can then paste the information into a nother tool, such as the
Command Window or Editor/Debugger, or into another application, such as a
word processing application.
Evaluate a Selection
To run code examples that appear in the documentation, select the code in
the display pane. Then right-click and select Evaluate Selection from the
context menu. The statements execute in the Command Window.
Open a Selection
In a page in the display pane, select the name o f a file that is provided with
MATLAB,suchasanM-file. Thenright-clickandselectOpen Selection
from the context menu. The file opens in MATLAB. For example, an M-file
opens in the Editor/Debugger.
Help on Sele ction
In a page in the display pane, select the n ame of a function that is provided
with MATLAB. Then right-click and select Help on Selection from the
context menu. The reference page for that function opens in Help browser.
View the Page Source (HTML)
To view the HTML source for the currently dis played page, select
View > Page Source. A read-only HTML version of the p age appears in a
separate window. You can copy selections from the HTML s ource and paste
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