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Finding Information in Help

There are several ways to access Help information in Dynamics NAV.

F1 Key

In the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment, when you press the F1 key, you get Help that pertains to where you have positioned the pointer. For example, if the pointer is in Report Dataset Designer, then you will get information about that specific designer.

In the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client,

Help Menu

In the development environment, you can locate the Help options on the Help menu.

The Help menu in the development environment contains the following options.

Help option Description
Developer and IT Pro Help Opens a Compiled HTML Help (CHM) window that contains the Developer and IT Pro Help.
About Dynamics NAV Displays product information, including the version number of Dynamics NAV.

For more information, see About.

In the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client, you can locate the Help options on the Application menu Application Menu button in menu bar.

The Help menu in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client contains the following options.

Help option Description
Dynamics NAV Help Opens a topic related to the window or page that you are working in.
Page Notes Opens the OneNote page that has been shared across a company.
About This Page Provides information about all fields and values that are in the table on which a table or report is based.

For more information, see How to: View All Table Fields for a Record.
About Dynamics NAV Displays product information, including the version number of Dynamics NAV.

For more information, see About.

Dynamics NAV Help Server

When you access Help from the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client or Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client, Help opens in a browser that shows the content from the Dynamics NAV Help Server. The Dynamics NAV Help Server is a website with a high-level navigation in the left pane, and a Search box to help you find exactly what you are looking for.

The main pane shows the contents of the Help topic.

At the top of the Dynamics NAV Help Server website, you can choose links that access the Dynamics NAV Help on Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and other useful locations.

For more information, see Configuring Microsoft Dynamics NAV Help Server.

MSDN

The latest version of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 Developer and IT Pro Help is available in the MSDN Library.

See Also

Getting Started
Configuring Microsoft Dynamics NAV Help Server
Deployment
Administration
Development