Desktop Tools and Development Environment

Help for Using MATLAB

The primary means for getting help is the Help browser, which provides documentation for all your installed products. Other forms of help are available including M-file help and Technical Support solutions. If you are viewing this document in the Help browser, you can watch the Help and Documentation video demo for an overview of the major functionality.

Help Browser Overview	Get information about your MathWorks products using the Help browser.
Types of Documentation	Use the type of documentation that best meets your need.
Finding Information with the Help Browser	Use the contents listing of the online documentation, a global index, and full-text search.
Viewing Documentation in the Help Browser	After finding documentation, view the documentation and perform other operations using the display pane.
Demos in the Help Browser	Run demonstration programs, and view and copy the M-file code behind them.
Preferences for the Help Browser	Specify fonts used in the Help browser and limit the documentation included using the product filter.
Printed Documentation	Print from the Help browser or from the PDF version of the documentation, or purchase printed documentation.
Help Functions	Use functions to get information, such as `help` and `doc`.
Other Forms of Help	Use product-specific help features, download M-files, contact Technical Support, see documentation for other MathWorks products, view a list of other books, and participate in a MATLAB newsgroup.

Preferences for Command History Help Browser Overview