Using PCS Axis Help

PCS Axis Help provides information for setting up and using the PCS Axis software. To view online help, click the

help button in any PCS Axis window to view a contextual help topic. Or click Help > Help in the main menu to open PCS Axis Help.

Two versions of PCS Axis Help are available for use. Both contain the same information. The default version is used in the PCS Axis application when viewing contextual help topics (Figure 1-1). The alternate version includes support for language translation and a user discussion system (Figure 1-2). For more information about the alternate version of PCS Axis Help, refer to What’s New in PCS Axis?.

To view the default version of PCS Axis Help, visit the following web address:

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http://www.pcsaxishelp.aiworldwide.com/

To view the alternate version of PCS Axis Help with support for language translation and a user discussion system, visit this web address:

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http://www.pcsaxishelp.aiworldwide.com/AxisHelp/

Viewing PCS Axis Help requires an internet browser software such as Internet Explorer®, Firefox®, Chrome®, or Safari®. Other notable features of online help include those in the following list:

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Table of contents navigation.

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Breadcrumb “you are here” navigation.

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Search with support for Boolean search operators AND and OR.

Setting search keywords in quotations marks returns exact search results. For example, typing “grid layout” (with quotation marks) returns search results for all occurrences of grid layout.

Important: If you use Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) to view PCS Axis Help, the Compatibility View setting in IE9 may need to be set in order to view help topics without problems. To set Compatibility View, click the

broken page icon in the address bar of the internet browser. Or, click Tools > Compatibility View to enable the setting.

Clicking the

PDF button in the main toolbar displays a PDF of the current help topic in a new window (Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2). Click the

save button to download a copy of the PDF to your computer. Use Adobe® Reader® to view or print the PDF. If you need to install Adobe Reader on your computer, a free copy of the software is available for download on the Adobe website at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.

Important: If you use Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) to view PCS Axis help, the Compatibility View setting in IE9 may need to be set in order to view help without problems. To set Compatibility View, click the

broken page icon in the address bar of the internet browser (Figure 1-2). Or click Tools > Compatibility View to enable the setting.

Figure 1-1. Default Version of PCS Axis Help

Figure 1-2. Alternate Version of PCS Axis Help