Wincc Information System - Siemens SIMATIC HMI Series System Manual

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4.4 Help on WinCC Documentation
4.4.4

WinCC Information System

Contents of the WinCC Information System
The WinCC Information System enables you to access the entire WinCC documentation at
any time during configuration. It contains the following components:
● Complete documentation on WinCC
● Documentation on installed optional packs, add-ons and drivers
● Printable PDF version of the WinCC documentation
● Release notes with important up-to-date information on WinCC
Calling up the WinCC Information System
Menu command "?" > "Help Topics"
The "Contents" tab contains the graphic table of contents of the online documentation. It lists
all available topics sorted by category.
Using the entry "Start Page", you can call up the WinCC Portal. It provides links to the most
important topics in the WinCC Information System.
From "What's This?" help
A topic can be accessed directly from the related "What's This?" help.
From the Start Menu
The WinCC Information System can be called up using the Windows Start menu: "Start >
Simatic > WinCC > WinCC Information System".
Structure of the WinCC Information System
The WinCC Information System is divided into two panels: The navigation panel on the left
features a number of tabs for different access and search options. The topic panel on the right
displays the individual help topics.
Some help topics are not directly accessible in WinCC Information System. When you click a
grey button on a page, a second window is opened with the respective contents. This window
provides information on how to use the "Contents", "Index" and "Search" tabs. Use the ">>"
and "<<" buttons to scroll to the next or previous page. Click the "Global Search" button to
return to the WinCC Information System.
Color coding in the section headings in online help
section headings in online help are colored. The color code indicates the type of information
provided in the related text. sections of the same information type have the same color.
The following table shows the different color codes used to identify the information types in
online help.
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