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Chapter 1 ✦ Finding Your Way — Exploring the Max Interface
Above the left navigation pane are five tabs that open separate panels when selected. The
Contents panel displays a list of topics; the Index panel lists all topics alphabetically; the
Search panel includes a text field where you can search for specific keywords; the Favorites
panel keeps a list of bookmarks to topics you add to the list; and the Query panel lets you
type in a question and query for answers.
Throughout the textual descriptions, keywords that are linked to other related topics are
highlighted in blue and underlined.
Online help
The Web offers many sites that can also help, and Max links to the Online Support, Updates,
Resources, and Partners pages on the Discreet site from the Help➪ 3ds max on the Web
menu. Selecting either of these menu commands automatically opens a Web browser and
loads the Discreet Web pages.
Figure 1-17: The User Reference includes panels for viewing the index of commands and
searching the reference.
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