How to Use This Help

Help Options

There are various factors which depend on how best to access the help: availability of an internet connection, storage space and your personal preference as to how to help is shown.

If you have a permanent internet connection, then it is a good idea to use the online version of the help. This documentation version is always kept up-to-date and contains the latest information.
If you do not have a permanent internet connection need to use a local copy of the help, then you can install the offline help when you install the application. You can always download the current version of the offline help at any time.

Navigating in the Help

The following support is available to help you use this Help:

If you use the references in the help topics or jump to the topics from the search hits, the help topic is also highlighted in the table of contents and the respective help branch is expanded.
If you call a help topic which is part of the table of contents, the help navigation in which the topic is located is shown above the topic (known as breadcrumbs).

Header

The MID logo is in the help's header on the left-hand side with a link to the help's start page; there is a field for search inquiries on the right.

The search returns hits for all help topics in the TOC, browse sequences and other documents, if applicable. You can find more information about the search below.

Navigation Frame

Use the navigation frame on the left-hand side to access the following help contents:

Contents

TOC as expandable tree structure. The icon of a (closed or opened) book depicts chapters which contain help topics. The chapters themselves normally contain a help topic. Help topics with no subordinate help topics have a page icon.
Glossary

The technical and business glossary lists terminology included in the Innovator interface, as well as the modeling methods implemented, using conceptual, realistic definitions. This is done to ensure the technical terms are used correctly and are understood.
Browse Sequences

Browse sequences show special topics in separate tree structures.
Hide Navigation

Hides the navigation frame.
Show Navigation

Shows the navigation frame.

Toolbar

The top-most toolbar contains the following functions:

Print Topic

Opens the Print dialog so you can send the current topic to the printer.
Show All

All text sections which can be expanded are shown. The browser search corresponds to the whole text.
Hide All

All text sections which can be expanded are hidden.
Remove Highlighting

All colored highlighting automatically applied to the search term is removed.

(Highlighting currently only works for search terms without umlaut.)
Previous Topic

Opens the previous topic in the order it appears in the Help. First, the current topic is searched for in the browse sequence and then the previous topic is navigated to from there. If it does not exist in a browse sequence then the current topic is searched for in the table of contents and the previous topic is opened from there.
Next Topic

Opens the next topic in the order it appears in the Help. First, the current topic is searched for in the browse sequence and then the next topic is navigated to from there. If it does not exist in a browse sequence then the current topic is searched for in the table of contents and the next topic is opened there.

Glossary

The glossary explains important terms when working with Innovator.

Browse Sequences

The browse sequences contain certain topics. Browse sequences are there to show a topic independently from or instead of the table of contents.

The search also searches through topics which only appear in the browse sequences. You will be able to recognize a topic that does not appear in the table of contents as it will not be highlighted there at the same time.

Search

When carrying out a search in the Help, please note:

The search only takes whole words into consideration and not wildcards.
Example: Searching for "Pattern" will not return the instance of the search term in "<Pattern".
You can mark groups of words using inverted commas.
Example: "more information"
Use your browser's search function for finding keywords in the topic (normally [Ctrl]+[F]).
Use the Back context menu item for returning to the hit list or rerun the search.

Conventions

Help is formatted according to the usual conventions. A few display variants are explained below.

Typographic Conventions

Terms for interface elements are shown in bold. This affects e.g. window areas, fields, buttons and menu commands.

The names of files and directories are shown in non-proportional font.

"User entries" are placed in inverted commas.

[Keys], including in shortcuts, are placed in square brackets.

Note types

Very important information is emphasized with a gray frame and type-dependent icons.

Icon	Note type	Description
	Note	A note indicates passages requiring extra attention. Not following these passages hinders the work process but does not lead to excessive additional costs or loss of data (e.g. a missing login).
	Attention	The Attention note type indicates passages that must be complied with. Failure to do so can lead to significant additional costs or even to loss of data.
	Tip	The Tip note type indicates passages which explain options for simplifying the work process.
	Constraint	The Constraint note type indicates passages that refer to a restriction in scope. Disregarding these passages leads to false expectations.

Instructions

A specific procedure is usually described with instructions. If requirements are specified or the context of the procedure needs special explanation, these are placed before the instructions.

Instructions are introduced using the How to proceed default text.

The order of the individual instructions is specified by numbering.

Alternative instructions are indicated with capital letters.