Visual Studio Help Reference

Visual Studio Help contains information about the languages, designers, and technologies that are included in Visual Studio. Topics in this section may help you use Help more effectively.

In This Section

• Document Conventions (Visual Studio)
  Shows how typographical conventions are used to indicate the meaning and function of text in Help topics.

• Navigation and Graphical Elements in Help Topics
  Shows the three different graphics that can be displayed in topic headers and describes how they link to additional types of information related to the topics.

• Strategies for Using Help
  Discusses how you can get specific results from the variety of Help features in Visual Studio.

• How to: Load Sample Files into the IDE
  Explains how to load sample files into the integrated development environment (IDE), copy sample files to your computer, and view non-binary sample files.

• Help Filters for Visual Studio
  Lists the pre-defined Help filters that are available with Visual Studio as well as the content included with each filter.

• Help, Environment, Options Dialog Box
  Gives information about how to change the default options for using online content and local content, Dynamic Help, and preferences for searching multiple Help locales.

• How to: Copy Help Favorites to Another Computer
  Gives information about how to transfer topics and search queries saved in Help Favorites to another computer.

Related Sections

• How to: Customize Dynamic Help
  Offers information about how to modify the categories and types of topics that appear in the Dynamic Help window.

• How to: Send Feedback About the Documentation
  Provides information about how to tell Microsoft about issues in the product documentation.

More links may appear below if additional information is available from other Help collections.