Programming instructions

Documentation Conventions
When Multisim guides refer to a toolbar button, an image of the button appears in the left column.
Multisim guides use the convention
Menu/Item to indicate menu commands. For example, “File/Open”
means choose the
Open command from the File menu.
Multisim guides use the convention of an arrow () to indicate the start of procedural information.
Multisim guides use the construction C
TRL-KEY and ALT-KEY to indicate when you need to hold down the
“Ctrl” or “Alt” key on your keyboard and press another key.
The Multisim Documentation Set
Multisim documentation consists of the User Guide, the Component Reference Guide and online help. All
Multisim users receive PDF versions of the User Guide and the Component Reference Guide.
You should also refer to Getting Started with NI Circuit Design Suite.
Component Reference Guide
This guide contains information on the components found in Multisim.
The chapters in the Component Reference Guide are organized to follow the component groups that are
found in the Multisim databases.
Online Help
Multisim offers a full helpfile system to support your use of the product.
Choose
Help/Multisim Help to display the helpfile that explains the Multisim program in detail, or choose
Help/Component Reference to display the helpfile that contains details on the components families provided
with Multisim. Both are compiled HTML helpfiles, offering a table of contents and index.
In addition, you can display context-sensitive help by pressing F1 from any command or window, or by
clicking the
Help button on any dialog box that offers it.
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