Installation guide

4 Help for Using MAT LAB
Example Using the Product Filter
If you want to perform a search and have many products installed but know
the information you are seeking is in MATLAB or Communications Toolbox,
in the Help Product Filter,clickClear A ll and the n select
MATLAB and
Communications Toolbox.
The Contents only shows MATLAB a nd Communications Toolbox
documentation, the Index only shows entries for MATLAB and
Communications Toolbox, and the Search for feature only looks in and shows
results for MATLAB and Communications Toolbox documentation and demos.
Demos lists only demos for M ATLAB and Communications Toolbox.
PDF R eader — Specifying Its Location
If you want to view the PDF version of the documentation, use the link on the
roadmap page for that product. To open the PDF file, the Help browser needs
to know the location of your PD F reader (for ex ample, Adobe Acrobat).
For Windows systems, MATLAB reads the PDF reader location from the
registry, so you do not specify its location.
For UNIX system s, the default PDF reader is Acrobat and M ATLAB
determines its lo c ati on . If a different comman d starts your PDF r eader,
specify it using preferences. Select File>Preferences>Help,andenter
the full pathname in the PDF reader fieldorusetheBrowseforFolder(...)
buttontonavigateyourfilesystemtoselectit.
General — Keep Contents Synchronized
By default, the displayed page is synchronized with the Contents or Demos
listings. For more information about this feature, see “Synchronize the
Contents Listing and Demos Listing with the Display Pane” on page 4-12.
To turn synchronization off, select File > Preferences > Help.Under
General, clear the check box for Keep contents tree synchronized with
displayed document. Select the check box to turn synchronization back on.
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