doc assistant Doc Assistant A-Z: Making the Most of the Cadence Cloud-Based Help Viewer: Pt. 2 By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:00:00 GMT At a bustling Cadence event, we met Adrian, an intern at a startup who immerses himself in Cadence tools for his research and work. Adrian was enthusiastic about the innovative technologies at his disposal but faced a significant challenge: internet access was limited to a single machine for new joiners, forcing interns to wait in line for their turn to use online resources. Adrian's excitement soared when he discovered a game-changing solution: Doc Assistant. The cloud-based help viewer, Doc Assistant, ships with all Cadence tools, enabling Adrian to access help resources offline from any machine equipped with the software. This meant Adrian could continue his research and work seamlessly, irrespective of internet availability! Meeting Cadence users and customers at such events has given us the opportunity to showcase how they can benefit from the diverse features that Doc Assistant offers. With that note, welcome back to our Doc Assistant A-Z blog series! In Part 1, we explored key features and benefits that our innovative viewer brings to the table. Today, in Part 2, we'll dive deeper into the advanced functionalities and customization options that make Doc Assistant indispensable for its users. Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow or enhance your user experience, this blog will provide the insights you need to fully leverage the capabilities of our documentation viewer. Let’s get started! What Makes Doc Assistant Stand Out? Here are a few (more) cool features of Doc Assistant! History and Bookmarks: Want to refer to the topic you read last week? Of course, you can! Doc Assistant stores your browsing activity as History. You can also bookmark topics and revisit them later. Indexing Capabilities: Looking for seamless search capabilities? The advanced indexing capabilities of Doc Assistant enhance the accessibility and manageability of documents. Doc Assistant automatically creates a search index if it is missing or broken. Jump Links: Worried about scrolling through lengthy topics? Fret no more! Use the jump links in each topic to quickly navigate to different sections within the same topic or across topics. Jump links reduce the need for excessive scrolling and let you access relevant content swiftly. Just-in-Time Notifications: Looking for alerts and messages? That’s supported. Doc Assistant displays notifications about important events, including errors, warnings, information, and success messages. Keyword-Based Search Suggestions: You somewhat know your search keyword, but not quite sure? No worries. Just start typing what you know. Keyword and page suggestions are displayed dynamically as you type, providing a more sophisticated and intuitive search experience. Library-Switch Support: Want to view documents from other libraries? Doc Assistant, by default, displays documents for the currently active release in your machine. You can access documents from other releases by configuring the associated documentation libraries. Multimedia Support: Want to view product demos? Multimedia support in Doc Assistant lets you play videos, listen to audio, and view images without opening any external application. Navigation Made Easy: Worried that you’ll get lost in an infinite doc loop? Not at all. The intuitive navigation controls in Doc Assistant are designed to provide you with a fluid and efficient experience. The Doc Assistant user interface is clean and logically organized, with easy-to-access documentation links. That's not all. We have more coming your way. Until next time, take care and stay tuned for our next edition! Want to Know More? Here's a video about Doc Assistant Visit the Doc Assistant web page Read the Doc Assistant FAQ document For any questions or general feedback, write to docassistant.support@cadence.com. Subscribe to receive email notifications about our latest Custom IC Design blog posts. Happy reading! -Priya Sriram, on behalf of the Doc Assistant Team Full Article In-Tool Help user documentation in-built help Cloud-Based Help Doc Assistant
doc assistant Doc Assistant A-Z: Making the Most of the Cadence Cloud-Based Help Viewer Part 3 By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 05:16:00 GMT Welcome back to the Doc Assistant A-Z blog series! Since the launch of Doc Assistant, we've been gathering feedback and input from our customers regarding their experiences with our latest documentation viewer. My interaction with Ralf was particularly useful and interesting. Ralf is a design engineer who works on complex schematics and intricate layouts. For each release, he is challenged with the task of verifying the tool and feature changes across multiple releases. He shared with me that he has been using Doc Assistant’s capabilities to help him achieve this. Ralf explained that he utilizes Doc Assistant to open and compare documents from different releases side-by-side, seamlessly tracking updates across multiple releases and verifying those updates in his Cadence tools. Additionally, in Doc Assistant’s online mode, he compares documents across previous tool versions, ensuring a thorough review of any changes. Finally, he was happy to share with me that Doc Assistant features have helped him significantly reduce the time he spends on identifying such changes. You, of course, can also achieve such productivity gains using several Doc Assistant features designed to help simplify such tasks! In previous editions of this blog series, we looked at some key features and benefits of Doc Assistant. If you've missed these editions, I would highly recommend that you read them: Doc Assistant A-Z: Making the Most of the Cadence Cloud-Based Help Viewer: Part 1 Doc Assistant A-Z: Making the Most of the Cadence Cloud-Based Help Viewer: Part 2 In this third installment, we're diving into some more of Doc Assistant's key capabilities. Open Multiple Documents Want to refer to multiple docs at the same time? That’s easy! Open each doc on a separate tab in Doc Assistant. Personalized Content Recommendations Is it a hassle to navigate through all docs each time? You don’t have to. You can tailor your Doc Assistant preferences to match your content requirements. PDF Support Do you prefer downloading and reading a PDF instead of an HTML? That’s also supported. Quick Access to Relevant Search Results Are you pressed for time, and yet want to run a comprehensive doc search? You’re covered. In online mode, search runs on all available product documentation, and the results are listed from multiple sources. Resource Links Looking for more information about a topic you’ve just read? That’s handy. Look out for content recommendations! Share Content Want to share a useful doc with the rest of your team? That’s easy. With a single click, Doc Assistant lets you share content with one or more readers. Submit Feedback Your feedback is important to us. Use the Submit Feedback feature to share your comments and inputs. To learn more about how to use the above features, check out the Doc Assistant User Guide. These are just a few of the productivity gain features in Doc Assistant. We’ll cover more in the next blog in the series. Want to Know More? Here's a video about Doc Assistant Visit the Doc Assistant web page Read the Doc Assistant FAQ document If you have any feedback on Doc Assistant or would like to request more information or a demo, please contact docassistant.support@cadence.com. Subscribe to receive email notifications about our latest Custom IC Design blog posts. Happy reading! - Priya Sriram, on behalf of the Doc Assistant Team Full Article In-Tool Help user documentation in-built help Cloud-Based Help Doc Assistant
