Access to Help
When you access help, a Web version of the documentation is displayed in a Web-based view. You can choose to view a local help (.chm) file, for example, if your Internet connection is slow or unavailable.
Web-based help includes these features:
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Search. Identify relevant topics using relevancy ranking, spelling correction, short descriptions in search result views, and guided navigation.
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Topic Navigation. Navigate using next and previous topic buttons, as well as breadcrumb trails at the top of help topics.
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Feedback. Provide feedback directly to the documentation team on individual help topics.
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Up-to-Date Documentation. Access updated Web help, so you never need to download large compiled help (.chm) files.
To switch between Web help and local help:
To access the currently enabled help:
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Click Help > SolidWorks Simulation > Help Topics to open the welcome page.
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Click Help, click 
, or press F1 in a dialog box or PropertyManager to access context-sensitive help.
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Click the flyout menu of Help options 
in the Menu Bar.
Tips for using Web help:
To select a topic, use the Contents pane.
To perform a search:
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Enter a term and click Search.
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View search result descriptions to determine the best match. Beneath each description is a breadcrumb trail that reflects the topic hierarchy.
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Narrow the search results by selecting a category on the left.
Tips for using local help:
To select a topic, use the Contents tab.
To perform a search:
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Click the Search tab, enter a term, and click List Topics. Select a topic and click Display.
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Create Boolean searches using "AND," "OR," "NOT," and "NEAR."
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Select Search previous results to use only the previously found topics for the next search. This allows you to narrow down your search by adding keywords.
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Select Match similar words to highlight similar words in the found topics. For example, if you search for "open," topics with both "open" and "opening" are found.
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Select Search titles only to find only topics with the keyword in the title.