Get Help and View Version Information

Find Help about a Feature

  1. Click the Help menu button to open the Help in a separate web browser tab.
  2. Click a main topic in the top navigation bar to find Help for that area in ForeSight. For example, click Home on the top navigation bar to access Help for the Start Illustration, Application Status, Unsaved Items, and Preferences pages.

  3. Click the Search box Search Feature, type a keyword or phrase in the search box and press Enter or click Search Button to view a list of topics that contain the search keyword or phrase. Click a link in the search results list to open the topic.

    Tip Icon To narrow the search results, type a search phrase enclosed within quotes (" ") to ensure all the words in the phrase exist within the topic. For example, type "new illustration" to narrow the search results to only topics with "new illustration" within the topic.

  4. Click a thumbnail image to expand the image to full size. Click the full size image to return to a thumbnail image.

    Click this thumbnail image to see how it works.

    Full View with Main Sections

    Tip Icon Some images are thumbnail images for devices with smaller viewing areas.

  5. Click the browser Back button to return to the search results list.
  6. On the topic tool bar, click the Expand All button Expand All/Collapse All Button to expand every topic on the active page. Click the button again to collapse all topics on the page.
  7. On the topic tool bar, click the Print button Print Button to print the active help topic.
  8. Click the ForeSight logo on the banner to return to the Welcome page.

Terminology Used in ForeSight Help

The following terms appear in this Help system.

Active case, active contact or active page means the case, contact or page that you are currently viewing in ForeSight.

Illustration and case are interchangeable. When you create an illustration, ForeSight creates a case for the illustration. When you save a case, you add the case to a folder in Case Management where you can later access the case.

Select a check box means to click the check box so that it has a check mark in it.

Clear a check box means to click a selected check box so the check box is blank with no check mark in it.

Point to means to pause the mouse over an item, for example, point to an item to view a tool tip or informational message.

View ForeSight Version Information

  1. On the Help menu, click About ForeSight to view ForeSight system version information.

  2. Click the button to close the About ForeSight dialog box.

    About ForeSight Dialog Box

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