Using the Visual Studio Documentation

The online version of the Visual Studio documentation is similar to other versions. Clicking help takes you to msdn.microsoft.com. From there you can navigate the MSDN library.

The local help version is a copy of the content found online inside the MSDN library. You still access this content with a web browser. However, the local version includes a new Search box and a related navigation control. The search box allows just that, search across your local help. The navigation control is a fast way to see where you are in the help system; it allows you to navigate up or down in your current branch of the help tree and access related content to your selected topic. Figure 7.18 shows an example. Notice that the ...

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