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This tool provides information on a selected command by opening the offline [[Std Help|Help documentation]] to the appropriate page.
This tool provides information on a selected command by running the [[Std Help|Std Help]] command.


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# Press the {{KEY|[[File:Std WhatsThis.png|24px]] '''What's This?'''}} button.
# Press the {{Button|[[File:Std WhatsThis.png|16px]] [[Std_WhatsThis|What's This]]}} button.
# Click on a toolbar icon or on a menu entry.
# Click on a toolbar icon or on a menu entry.


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{{Emphasis|Note:}} Some commands are not documented, in that case the offline help will open on a blank page and report that the page could not be found.
'''Note:''' on Debian/Ubuntu and possibly other Linux systems, the FreeCAD documentation is not included in the FreeCAD package and needs to be installed separately. The package may be named freecad-doc or freecad-daily-doc (for the freecad-daily PPA).


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On Debian/Ubuntu and possibly other Linux systems, the FreeCAD documentation is not included in the FreeCAD package and needs to be installed separately. The package may be named freecad-doc or freecad-daily-doc (for the freecad-daily PPA).
Some commands are not documented, in that case the offline help will open on a blank page and report that the page could not be found.


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Revision as of 02:37, 21 October 2019

Std WhatsThis

Menu location
Help → What's This?
Workbenches
All
Default shortcut
Shift + F1
Introduced in version
-
See also
Help

Description

This tool provides information on a selected command by running the Std Help command.

How to use

  1. Press the What's This button.
  2. Click on a toolbar icon or on a menu entry.

Note: Some commands are not documented, in that case the offline help will open on a blank page and report that the page could not be found.

Limitations

On Debian/Ubuntu and possibly other Linux systems, the FreeCAD documentation is not included in the FreeCAD package and needs to be installed separately. The package may be named freecad-doc or freecad-daily-doc (for the freecad-daily PPA).