Maya Help overview

 
 
 

The Maya Help is accessible from the Help menu of Maya. The Maya Help appears in your Web browser and gives you complete access to the online documentation of Maya.

The left-hand navigation frame gives you tabbed access to Contents, Index, Search, and Favorites. Help information appears in the right-hand frame. When you first open the Maya Help, a legend appears in the right-hand frame.

To navigate to a topic

  1. In the left-hand frame, in the Contents section, select the book with the topic you want.
  2. Click the + icons to navigate down to the topic.
  3. Click the topic name.

    The topic appears in the right-hand frame.

Navigation buttons are available on the top of the right-hand frame. These include:

 

Show in Contents

Opens the navigation in the left-hand frame, if necessary, and highlights the current topic.

 

Add to Favorites

Adds the current page to the Favorites list.

 

Home

Reloads the home page of the Maya Help.

 

Share

Launches your default email application and opens a new message, which contains a link to the current topic.

NoteBy default, the name of the topic appears in the Subject line.

 

Previous Page, Next Page

Switches between topics in a section of documentation.

 

Up one level

Opens the parent topic of the current topic.

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