Help System
There are several ways of accessing the help system. The documentation is available online and you can download most of it in PDF format from steinberg.help.
Documentation
The documentation consists of several documents.
To visit steinberg.help, do one of the following:
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Enter www.steinberg.help in the address bar of your web browser.
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In the program, select .
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Windows: To open the help for an active dialog on steinberg.help, click the question mark icon on the title bar to show the Help button and click the Help button, or press F1.
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macOS: To open the help for an active dialog on steinberg.help, click the question mark icon in the dialog to show the Help button and click the Help button, or press Cmd-?.
- Operation Manual
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The main WaveLab Elements reference documentation, with detailed descriptions of operations, parameters, functions, and techniques.
- Plug-in Reference
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Describes the features and parameters of the included plug-ins.
- Scripting
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Describes the objects and functions you can call in a WaveLab Elements script.
- DDP Player
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Describes the features and functions of the included DDP Player.
Tooltips
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To show tooltips, move the mouse over an interface icon.
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To use the menu help, move the mouse over a menu item.
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To see information on what kind of editing can be performed when using the mouse and modifier keys in the Audio Montage window, move the mouse over the montage window. The help text is displayed on the info line at the bottom of the window.
What’s This
The What’s This help provides extended tooltips about interface icons and functions. Some What’s This tooltips include a link to a dedicated help topic on steinberg.help.
To open the What’s This help, do one of the following:
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In any window, press Shift-F1 and move the mouse over an interface item, or select .
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In a dialog, select the question mark icon on any title bar (Windows) or in the dialog (macOS), and move the mouse over an interface item or a menu option.