As you scan a page of text in the navigation window, you will notice certain words or phrases are underlined and appear in a different color. These items are hypertext links. A hypertext link is a text navigation tool that, when clicked, takes you directly to information on that item. Typical items which appear as hypertext links are command names, element types, and manual section references.

For example, a page in the Thermal Analysis Guide manual may contain several commands pertaining to steady-state thermal analysis. Each command is displayed in a color, such as dark blue. Click one of these commands, and the corresponding command description will replace the information currently in the document window. That command description will most likely also contain hypertext links that access further related information. If you return to the page where you selected the hypertext link, you will see that the color has changed. A different color indicates that you have accessed that link.

You can locate a topic anywhere in the documentation via typical full-text search facilities, accessible within the online documentation itself.

As you travel through various sections of the manuals, you may wish to revisit a piece of text that you scanned earlier. Use the history option or the Back button on your browser to review previously viewed topics.

You can print any currently open html help topic by using the print option on your browser. You can print only the currently open file in UNIX; however, you can print any part of the table of contents "tree" in Windows.

Some ANSYS dialog boxes also feature “What's This” help. “What's This” help provides a brief description of a dialog box or an item on a dialog box. Access “What's This” help by positioning the mouse over the item of interest on the dialog box and clicking the right mouse button one time. A small context menu appears next to the mouse cursor or arrow pointer. Click on the “What's This” option and the information appears in a pop-up window on your screen. If “What's This” help is not available, the pop-up window will state that help is not available for this item. Close the “What's This” help window by clicking anywhere in the application.