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The Help menu contains commands that let you get information
about Xcas from various sources.
This menu contains the following entries: 
- 
Index
 This will bring up the help index.
(See help index
)
- Find word in HTML help (F12)
 This will bring up a page which will help you search for keywords in
the html documentation that came with Xcas. The help will
be displayed in your browser.
- Interface
 This will bring up a tutorial for the Xcas interface. The
tutorial will be displayed in your browser.
- Reference card, fiches
 This will bring up (in your browser) a pdf reference card for
Xcas.
- Manuals
 This will let you choose from a variety of manuals for Xcas.
They will appear in your browser unless otherwise noted.- 
CAS reference
 This will bring up a manual for Xcas.
- Algorithmes (HTML)
 This will bring up a manual for the algorithms used by Xcas.
- Algorithmes (PDF)
 This will bring up a pdf version of the manual for the algorithms
used by Xcas.
- Geometry
 This will bring up a manual for two-dimensional geometry in
Xcas.
- Programmation
 This will bring up a manual for programming in Xcas.
- Simulation
 This will bring up a manual for statistics and using the
Xcas spreadsheet.
- Turtle
 This will bring up a manual for using the Turtle drawing
screen in Xcas.
- Exercices
 This will bring up a page of exercises that you can do with
Xcas.
- Amusement
 This will bring up a page of mathematical amusements that you can
work through with Xcas.
- PARI-GP
 This will bring up documentation for the GP/PARI functions.
 
- Internet
 The Internet menu contains commands that take you to
various web pages related to Xcas. Among them are the
following entries:- 
Forum
 This will take you to the Xcas forum.
- Update help
 This will install updated help files (retrieved from the
Xcas website).
 
- Start with CAS
 This menu has the following entries.- 
Tutorial
 This opens up the tutorial.
- solutions
 This opens up the solutions to the exercises in the tutorial.
 
- Tutoriel algo
 This opens up a tutorial on algorithms and programming with
Xcas.
- Rebuild help cache
 This will rebuild the help index.
- About
 This will display a message window with information about Xcas.
- Examples
 This will allow you to choose from a variety of example worksheets,
which will then be copied to your current directory and opened.
 
 
