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F1 search

F1 search

F1 search

(OP)
can someone tell me how to get my search function working in the F1 help window

RE: F1 search

How do you mean? Just click on the magnifying glass after pressing F1, and type in your search item.

Or if you need help on a specific item open the feature in Nx and then press F1 it will go directly to the help files of the feature. see picture.

Best regards,

Michäël.

NX4.0.4.2 MP10 / TCE 9.1.3.8_build_0711 / NX6.0.2.8 / NX7.0.0.9

Belgium

RE: F1 search

Make sure that you have the latest Java SE Runtime Environment software installed. This is a free download from Sun Microsystems, Inc.

NxPerson

NX6.0.2.8 and Tceng 2005 SR1

RE: F1 search

Is the help function working for NX7 yet? I just updated to NX 7.0.1.7 and the F1 help is still not working.

RE: F1 search

Context sensitive help (F1) works great for me. If it's not working on your system, please get with GTAC to figure out what's wrong.

I guess the first question they will probably ask is -- is the help kin installed in the default location?
 

Mark Rief
Product Manager
Siemens PLM

RE: F1 search

(OP)
Java, was it, I only had the 64bit installed, 32bit fixed it, thanks...

RE: F1 search

Same thing just happened to me.  I got a new laptop last week (Dell M4400, Win7-64) and our people installed both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of IE, but only installed the Java tools for 64-bit, which would have been fine IF they had also set the 64-bit version of IE to be the system default, which of course they DIDN'T (it was set to the 32-bit version), so they just now installed the 32-bit Java tools so it no longer matters which IE version I'm running, I should be good to go.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
 

RE: F1 search

(OP)
is there any advantage to using the 64 bit IE ??

RE: F1 search

John, as a question without notice when are you guys going to support some decent browsers? I.E. frequently disappoints and we had the ability to use others until relatively recently.

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum

RE: F1 search

You're preaching to the choir winky smile

But to be completely candid, I suspect that it was the path of least resistance.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
 

RE: F1 search

When needs must it isn't the worst of all possible outcomes. wink

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum

RE: F1 search

Can anyone explain more details with F1 searching function?
 

RE: F1 search

To start with, the 'F1' button has nothing to do with any sort of "search function", at least not directly.  The 'F1' button invokes the 'Help' utility, which will display the User Documentation for the current operation that the user was using when he pressed the 'F1' button.  For example, if you were creating an Extrude and you needed to learn something about one of the options on the dialog, all you have to do is press 'F1' and help for the Extrude function will be displayed.

Now, once that page from the User Documentation is displayed, there is a 'search' option with a button which looks like a 'magnifying glass'.  You can then type in any word you wish and it will give you a list of documents where that word was used and selecting any one of them will cause that page of the User Documentation to be displayed.

Anyway, if that didn't address your question, please let us know.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
 

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