CDSDoc User Guide, Product Version 2.1

Contents

Preface

1

Quick Help for Cadence Documents

Overview of CDSDoc

Opening Documents (Quick Reference)

Using the Command Bar

Printing Documents (Quick Reference)

Searching Documents (Quick Reference)

2

Online Training for CDSDoc

3

Opening Libraries and Documents

Opening a Library

To open a library from your operating system

To open a library from a Help button

To open a library from the Library button

Other ways to start CDSDoc

Changing to a Different Release Library

Changing to a Release You Have Previously Viewed

Changing to a Release You Have Not Viewed Before

Setting Default Hierarchies to View

Opening a Document

Opening PDF Documents

Opening a Document in a Second Window

Status Messages

Resetting the Library Window

Closing the Library Window

Exiting the Library

Other Processes Stopped by Exit Commands

4

Printing Documents

Printing an Entire Book

Printing Sections of a Book

Printing on A4 Paper (Changing Paper Size)

Creating a List of Printable Files

5

Searching Cadence Documents

Searching All Cadence Documents

Searching a Group of Documents

Searching One Document

Searching Different Cadence Hierarchies

If Search Doesn't Find What You Want

Use wildcards when searching for commands or syntax

Use a slash to "protect" special characters

Use Booleans between words, not spaces

Use all one case to find text in both upper- and lowercase

Make sure you are searching the correct hierarchy

Narrowing Your Search

Combining Operators

Advanced Search Operators

Searching for Special Characters

6

Setting CDSDoc User Preferences

General Window Features

Using a new browser window or reusing the same window

Displaying the Library window by default or suppressing display

Setting the location of the Library window

Setting the default size of the Library window

Controlling the Netscape colormap (UNIX only)

Choosing a default browser (Windows only)

Search Preferences

Setting the Port ID for CDSDoc URLs

7

Troubleshooting Cadence Documents

Sending Comments to Cadence

Cadence Customer Support and Training

SourceLink: Online Technical Support

Cadence Training

Debugging the Documentation

Error Messages

Solving Problems

Questions About Starting CDSDoc

Questions About Opening Documents and Libraries

Questions About Searching Documents

Questions About Document Appearance

Questions About Printing Documents

Index

For support, see http://www.cadence.com/support or try Cadence's SourceLink service.

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