Welcome to Grapher Help

You can obtain help in Grapher in several ways:

Getting Help

Within Grapher, the online help file is opened by clicking the Home | Help | Contents command, the Home | Help | Tutorial command, the Automation | Help | Grapher Automation Help command, or the button in the upper right corner of the program. You can also quickly search the help by typing a term in the command and help search above the ribbon and clicking Search help file in the results list. Alternatively, press F1 at any time to open the help file.

In Scripter, Grapher's help file is opened by clicking the Help | Grapher Automation Help command.

Navigating the Help

You can navigate the help file using the Contents, Index, Search, and Favorites pages in the navigation pane to the left of the topic page. he navigation pane is displayed by default.

The navigation pane can be displayed by clicking the button and hidden with the button.

The Contents page allows you to search the predefined table of contents. The table of contents has a variety of help books and help topic pages. Double-click on a help book name or click the button to open the book.
The Index page allows you to search index words to find a help topic. If you do not find a topic with an index word, try a search on the Search page.
The Search page offers advanced search options including phrases, wildcards, Boolean, and nested searching.
The Favorites page allows you add help pages to a custom list. This allows you to quickly find favorite help topics that you reference frequently.

Obtaining Information about Dialogs and Property Manager Options

To obtain information about options in the Property Manager, click in the Property Manager area and press the F1 key on the keyboard. To obtain information about dialogs, click the button or click the Help button for information about the function of a command in an open dialog.

Internet Help Resources

There are several Internet help resources.

Click the File | Feedback commands to send a problem report, suggestion, or information request by email.
Search our website at www.goldensoftware.com or click the File | Online commands to update your copy of Grapher and for links to the Golden Software Home Page, Frequently Asked Questions, and Knowledge Base.
The Golden Software website has a variety of resources including training videos, a blog, a user image gallery, and a variety of links and downloads.
The Grapher help can be viewed in a browser window by navigating to grapherhelp.goldensoftware.com.

Navigating the Web Help

The web help includes three layouts: desktop, tablet, and mobile. The layout automatically changes based on the screen resolution of the device you are using or the size of the browser window. Screen resolutions or browser windows less than approximately 960 pixels wide will display the mobile layout. Screen resolutions or browser windows less than approximately 1280 pixels wide will display the help in the tablet layout.

Desktop Layout

The web help is made up of three sections: the header and toolbar, the navigation pane, and the topic pane. The header and toolbar contain various commands and links. The navigation pane contains the Table of Contents and Index. The topic pane displays the information from the current help topic.

Click the Golden Software logo in the header to navigate to the Golden Software home page: www.goldensoftware.com
Click the button to print the contents from the topic pane. The header, toolbar, and navigation pane are excluded from the printed output.
Click the Grapher logo to navigate to the Grapher Help start topic: Introduction to Grapher.
Click Hide to hide the navigation pane and increase the topic pane area. Click Show to display the navigation pane.
Use the Search field to locate a topic by keyword or title.
Click Contents to view the Table of Contents in the navigation pane.
Click Index to view the Index in the navigation pane. You can filter the Index by typing words or characters into the Filter Keywords field.

Tablet Layout

The tablet layout also includes a header and topic pane. The navigation pane and search function is replaced by a toolbar on the right or bottom of the window depending on the tablet orientation.

Click the Golden Software logo in the header to navigate to the Golden Software home page: www.goldensoftware.com
Click the button to print the contents from the topic pane. The header, toolbar, and navigation pane are excluded from the printed output.
Click the Grapher logo to navigate to the Grapher Help start topic: Introduction to Grapher.
Click to open the Table of Contents.
Click to open the Index.
Click to open the Search.

Mobile Layout

The mobile layout contains only the topic pane and a toolbar at the bottom of the window.

Click to open the Table of Contents.
Click to open the Index.
Click to open the Search.

What’s New in Grapher

Discover the new features in Grapher that make the product easier to use. New features are also listed on the Golden Software website.

Complete the Grapher Tutorial

The tutorial is a great way to get started in Grapher. The tutorial is designed to introduce you to some of Grapher's basic features. After you have completed the tutorial, you should be able to begin creating your own graphs. The lessons should be completed in order; however, they do not need to be completed in one session.

Automation Help

The Grapher Automation help book in the table of contents is designed to help you work with Scripter. Each object, method, and property has a help topic in Grapher. Use the object hierarchy to determine how to access each object. Also, each method and property contains some sample code lines with the command. To find out how a particular method or property is accessed click the object name in the Used by list. In some cases, you may need to change some words to work with the particular object if the sample was not specifically written for the object. Several example scripts are located in the help file and in Grapher's SAMPLES folder.

A Note About the Documentation

The Grapher documentation includes the online help and the quick start guide. Use the Home | Help | Contents command in the program to access the detailed help. Information about each command and feature in Grapher is included in the help. In the event the information cannot be located in the help, other sources of Grapher help include our frequently asked questions, knowledge base, and contacting our technical support agents.

Various font styles are used throughout the Grapher documentation. Bold text indicates menu commands, dialog names, and page names. Italic text indicates items properties in the Property Manager or items within a dialog such as group names, options, and field names. For example, the Save As dialog contains a Save as type list. Bold and italic text occasionally may be used for emphasis.

In addition, commands appear as Home | Clipboard | Copy. This means, "click or scroll to the Home tab at the top of the document, then click the Copy command in the Clipboard group." The first word is always the ribbon tab name, followed by the group name(s), and the last word is always the specific command.