Igor Pro® offers extensive online help including:

• Tool tips for controls and icons
• A complete list of shortcuts
• Overview help for each dialog
• Overview help for each area of functionality (graphs, tables, curve fitting, FFTs . . .)
• Reference help for programmers creating Igor procedures

Help Browser

The Igor Help Browser provides quick access to all kinds of help:

Online Help Files

Igor Pro includes a number of online help files containing overview and reference material. The online help files contain much of the information in the Igor Pro manual but in a form that can be quickly searched within Igor.

Creating Your Own Help Files

Advanced users who create packages of Igor procedures for use by colleagues can create their own Igor help files. User's help files are integrated into Igor and the Igor Help Browser just like WaveMetrics help files. The author of a package can create menu items and buttons that lead to specific topics in the help for the package.

Help For Programmers

Whether you are writing a quick and dirty routine for your own use or writing a sophisticated package to be shared with colleagues, you will find Igor's online help handy. In an Igor procedure window, you can control-click or right-click on the name of an Igor operation or function and quickly jump to the corresponding help or insert a template.