Using the HTML Help

This help system consists of compiled HTML pages. It is best viewed using Firefox 3 or Internet Explorer (IE7 or IE8).

The Navigation pane is on the left side of the browser window. It contains four navigational tabs: Content, Index, Search, and Favorites.
The Topic pane is on the right side of the window. It displays the selected help topic, or the default help topic. It's the window you're reading from right now.

Here are some tips on how to find more information when using the HTML Help Viewer:

To jump to another topic, click the colored, underlined words in the Topic pane.
If you use a particular help topic often, you can add it to your favorites list.
Right-click the Navigation pane or the Topic pane for shortcut menu commands.

The following browser features can be useful in navigating the 3ds Max help:

In most browsers, you can use Ctrl+F to search for text within a page.
Use the Back and Forward buttons to navigate from or to pages you’ve visited recently.
Use Ctrl+T (New Tab) or Ctrl+N (New Window) to open new tabs or windows so you can view multiple places in the Help at once.
Use the browser controls to change font size if the default size is too large or small.

NoteMuch of the information about using HTML Help has been supplied directly by Microsoft. It has been made freely available for inclusion in HTML help projects such as this one. This information has been edited and reformatted to match that of the other online information systems shipping with 3ds Max.

Comments

Each topic in this document ends with a comments link. When you click Please Send Us Your Comments About This Page, the browser opens an electronic form you can use to send us comments or requests about that topic. We'll use that information when we revise the documentation set for a future release.

Procedures

To copy a help topic:

In the Topic pane, right-click the topic you want to copy, and then click Select All.
Right-click again, and then click Copy. This copies the topic to the Windows Clipboard.
Open the document you want to copy the topic to.
Position your cursor where you want the information to appear.
On the Edit menu, click Paste.

To copy only part of a topic:

Select the text you want to copy, right-click, and then click Copy.

To print the current help topic:

Right-click a topic, and then click Print.
Print controls vary depending on the browser. In some browsers, you can print from the Contents tab by right-clicking an entry and then clicking Print Target.

To see where the current topic fits in the information hierarchy (contents):

Click the browse button (Show In Contents).
The Contents pane displays, with the current topic highlighted.