Igor Pro® offers extensive 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
• Online documentation at docs.wavemetrics.com

Help Browser

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

Igor Help Files

Igor Pro includes many Igor format help files containing overview and reference material that can be quickly searched from 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 can be integrated into Igor and the Igor Help Browser just like WaveMetrics help files when they are placed in special purpose Igor Help folders. The author of a package can create menu items and buttons that lead to specific topics in the help pertaining to their 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.