Finding Information in Help

There are several ways to access Help information in Microsoft 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 Microsoft Dynamics NAV	Displays product information, including the version number of Microsoft Dynamics NAV. For more information, see About.

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

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

Help option	Description
Microsoft 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. For more information, see How to: Set up OneNote Integration for a Group of Users.
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 Microsoft Dynamics NAV	Displays product information, including the version number of Microsoft Dynamics NAV. For more information, see About.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Help Website

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

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

Download Center

To download the latest version of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 Developer and IT Pro Help in CHM format, visit the Microsoft Download Center.

MSDN

The latest version of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 Developer and IT Pro Help is available in the MSDN Library.

See Also

Concepts

Getting Started
Configuring Microsoft Dynamics NAV Help Server
Deployment
Administration
Development