The primary documentation for Financial Analysis CS is provided in the help topics, which are installed with the application on your local machine or network — or, if you run the application through the Virtual Office CS or Software as a Service (SaaS) environment, on our servers at the Thomson Reuters data centers. Details on accessing the help topics from within the application.

Our Help & How-To Center offers quick access to topics from the CS Professional Suite Knowledgebase. From this location, you can find additional details about using Financial Analysis CS such as procedures for completing tasks, tips for increasing productivity or troubleshooting issues, alerts about timely issues, and more.

Searching for information in the Help & How-To Center

The most efficient way to find answers to your questions is to take advantage of the robust search engine upon which the Help & How-To Center is built: the Google search engine. When searching for information in the Help & How-To Center, you can use the same strategies you use when you use Google to search for general information on the internet.

From within the Help & How-To Center: Use the search field near the top of a topic. Simply enter a search term or phrase and press ENTER to see a list of related topics that apply to Financial Analysis CS.

Sample searches

To see how easy it is to find information in the Help & How-To Center, try these sample searches, which feature common questions for Financial Analysis CS and tips on narrowing your search if you’re getting too many results.

1. First, let’s look for knowledgebase topics about Financial Analysis CS. Enter Windows 8 in the search field near the top of this topic and press ENTER.
2. In the search results page, click the Financial Analysis CS: Installing on a Windows 8 machine link to open that topic.
3. Now, let’s explore how to narrow a search. From within the open Financial Analysis CS: Installing on a Windows 8 machine topic, enter data in the search field and press ENTER.
4. In the search results page that opens, note the large number of topics retrieved. Rather than scroll through the list, let’s look specifically for information on the Data Exchange module by adding exchange after data in the search field and pressing ENTER. The search results page now lists only those topics that apply to both of the search strings you entered.
5. Click the Search Tips link next to the search field to open Google’s "Search Tips" document, which provides additional strategies for effective searching.
6. Click your browser’s Back button to return to the search results page.

Additional features for finding information

If you’re struggling to find what you’re looking for through a standard search, the Help & How-To Center includes the following features that might help.

• Browse subjects — Click the Browse Subjects button to view a list of subject categories about Financial Analysis CS. Click a subject to view a list of topics related to that subject.
• Search options — Click the Search Options button to open a page where you can perform the following searches.
  • Search for information on a specific application: Use the Select an application field to search the Help & How-To Center for information on any application. Simply choose the application you want, enter your search terms in the search field, and press ENTER.
  • Focus your search by category: When you select an application, you’ll see a list of categories that you can use to focus your search. Simply mark the appropriate checkboxes, enter your search terms in the search field, and press ENTER.
  • Search the Help & How-To Center and the CS website: Before you enter your search terms, click the Search cs.thomsonreuters.com option to search Help & How-To Center content for all CS Professional Suite applications and content from the rest of our website (such as product profiles and descriptions of training courses).
• Support — Click the Support button to access the Support section on our website, where you’ll find information on downloading the latest releases of our applications, accessing ARNE (our online user forum), contacting our Support department, and more.

Accessing help from within the Financial Analysis CS application

From the application, choose Help > Financial Analysis CS Help Topics. In the Help screen, click a topic in the left frame to view the content in the right frame.

• Click the Contents button to view topics organized by chapters.
• Click the Index button and then click a keyword in the list, or enter it in the field provided.
• Click the Search button, enter a word or phrase in the field provided, and then click the button.
• Press F1 or CTRL+F1 in any screen or dialog to open a help topic for that screen or dialog.
• Click the down arrow on the Tell me about button at the top of most screens for a list of common tasks for that screen.
• Use the Back and Forward links at the top of each help topic to move back and forward through previously opened topics.
• Use the Related Topics link at the top of each help topic to open a list of topic links that you can open directly from the current topic.
• To print the selected topic, right-click in the topic and choose Print from the context menu, or press CTRL+P.

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Getting started with Financial Analysis CS

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