Corel Painter Help | Using the documentation

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Using the documentation

The server-based Help gives you access to a full range of up-to-date topics in a searchable format. You need to have an active internet connection to access the server-based help. However, if you are working offline, you can access the local help file that is installed with Corel Painter.

The Help is also provided in PDF format, which is installed on your computer. In addition, you can refer to the Corel Painter X3 Getting Started Guide, which provides general overviews about Corel Painter features, presents the most commonly used procedures, and includes Insights from the Experts.

Documentation conventions

The following table describes the conventions used in the Help.


Convention	Description	Example
Mac OS and Windows commands	Commands for Mac OS and Windows sometimes appear within the same procedural step, with the operating systems specified in parentheses.	Hold down Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl (Windows).
Modifier keys (Command, Option, Ctrl, Alt)	Names of modifier keys for Mac OS and Windows sometimes appear within the same procedural step, with the operating systems specified in parentheses.	Command + I (Mac OS) or Ctrl + I (Windows) (For the Mac OS, press Command + I; for Windows, press Ctrl + I.)
Menu commands (Choose X menu menu item)	You choose a menu name by clicking it, and then you click to choose a menu item from the list.	Choose File Quick Clone.
Header bar	A header bar is located at the top or side of some workspace components, such as the toolbox, property bar, and panels.
Panel tab	The panel tab appears at the top of a panel. You can click a panel tab to expand that panel.
Panel options menu	Clicking the panel options menu button displays a pop-up menu with additional commands.
Flyout	Flyouts are containers shared by certain tools in the toolbox. You can open a flyout by clicking and holding down the tool on the flyout that is displayed.	By clicking and holding down the Layer Adjuster tool in the toolbox, you can display a flyout that includes the Transform tool.
	A note contains information that is important to the steps that precede it. Often, a note describes conditions under which the procedure can be performed.	This command is available only if you have turned off a selection.
	A tip contains suggestions related to the procedure. Some tips present alternative methods of performing the steps, or information about other benefits and uses of the procedure.	You can choose a brush category and variant in the main application or in the Brush library panel.

To access the Help

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Choose Help

Corel Painter X3 Help (Mac OS) or Help Topics (Windows).

To use the Help

Choose Help

Corel Painter X3 Help (Mac OS) or Help topics (Windows).

Perform a task from the following table.


To	Do the following
Browse through Help topics	Click the Contents tab, and click a topic in the left pane.
Use the index	Click the Index tab, and scroll through the entries to find a topic.
Search the full text of the Help	(Mac OS) Type a word or phrase in the Search box in the upper-right corner of the Help window, and press Return. (Windows) Click the Search tab, type a word or phrase in the box, and click Go. Note that the search feature does not support quotation marks. If you enclose the word or expression in quotation marks, the search will not produce any results.

To access a PDF version of the Help

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Choose Help

User Guide.

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