Preferences for the Help Browser :: Help for Using MATLAB (Desktop Tools and Development Environment)

Desktop Tools and Development Environment

Preferences for the Help Browser

Product Filter

If you have MathWorks products in addition to MATLAB, such as Simulink, toolboxes, and blocksets, set the product filter to limit the product documentation used:

Select File -> Preferences -> Help.
Under Product filter, select the check box for Enable product filter. Click Select products.

The Help Product Filter dialog box opens.

Select the products whose documentation you want to appear in the Help Navigator. Click OK.

The Help Navigator updates to include only those products you specified. The product filter settings are saved for your next MATLAB session.

When you want to use documentation for all installed products, in Help preferences, clear the check box for Enable product filter.

With the product filter enabled:

Contents shows only the subset of products you specify.
Index shows only index terms for the subset of products you specify.
Search only looks through the subset of products you specify.
Demos is not affected; demos for all installed products are always shown.

The Release Notes entry in the Help Product Filter dialog box applies only the Release Notes overview document for a release, not to the Release Notes for an individual product.

Example Using the Product Filter

If you want to perform a search and have many products installed but know the information you are seeking is in MATLAB or the Communications Toolbox, in the Help Product Filter, click Clear All and then select MATLAB and Communications Toolbox.

The Contents only shows MATLAB and the Communications Toolbox documentation, the Index only shows entries for MATLAB and the Communications Toolbox, and the Search feature only looks in and shows results for MATLAB and the Communications Toolbox. Demos lists demos for all installed product.

Demos in the Help Browser PDF Reader--Specifying Its Location