Accessing Online Help and Documentation

• Using Microsoft HTML Help

• Getting Help from the Command Bar

• Getting Help in the Dialog Boxes

• Getting Help for a SAS Product

• Getting Help from the Help Menu

SAS Help and Documentation uses Microsoft HTML Help for easy navigation, indexing, and search capabilities. Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.00 and Microsoft HTML Help 1.3 or above are required. No action is required to configure SAS to use Microsoft HTML Help.

You can get Help for the active window and SAS language elements by using the HELP command in the command bar. The following table lists the HELP command arguments and the resulting display in the SAS Help and Documentation.

To access Help in a dialog box, click ? at the top of the dialog box, and then click the item you want information about. A pop-up window appears with a definition for the item. To close the pop-up window, click anywhere in the dialog box.

If a dialog box doesn't have the ? button, look for a Help button or press F1.

To access help information about the SAS product associated with the currently active window, do one of the following:

• Click the Help button (the book with the question mark).

• Press the F1 function key.

• Select the Help menu and Using This Window. (For example, if you click the Help button and the active window is a SAS/GRAPH window, the SAS Help and Documentation displays help information about SAS/GRAPH software.)

Complete documentation for installed SAS products is available from the SAS Products entry in the SAS Help and Documentation table of contents.

The Help menu is always available within your SAS session. Here are descriptions of the Help topics available from the Help menu:

Using this Window

Help information that is relevant to the active window. Selecting this topic is the same as clicking the Help button or pressing the F1 key.

SAS Help and Documentation

tutorials and sample programs to help you learn how to use SAS, comprehensive documentation for all products installed at your site, and information about contacting SAS for additional support.

Getting Started with SAS Software

opens a tutorial that will help you get started with SAS.

Learning SAS Programming

open the SAS Online Tutor, if it is installed, to help you develop your SAS programming skills. SAS Online Tutor is a separately licensed product.

SAS on the Web

provides links to useful areas on the SAS Institute web site, including technical support, frequently asked questions, sending feedback to SAS, and the SAS home page.

About SAS System

opens the About SAS System dialog box which provides software levels for SAS and Windows, and your hardware information. You can also access SAS legal information and site information. The System Info button opens the Microsoft System Information window.

Getting to SAS Institute (and Other Web Sites) from within SAS

SAS is configured to launch your local Web browser to view HTML files. You can invoke your Web browser several ways:

• Type a URL (uniform resource locator) in the command bar. SAS launches the browser that you specified in the Preferences dialog box Web tab.

• Type wbrowse in the command bar. This action opens the browser to the SAS home page or another default URL that you specify in the Preferences dialog box Web tab. For more information, see WBROWSE Command: Windows.

Note that you can access web pages on the Internet (such as the SAS Institute home page) only if your workstation is connected to a network that allows access.

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