You can get help on how to use the GIS commands by selecting Help on the menu.

This Help Panel will pop up.

If you know the name of the command or topic which you need more information about, you can search for it in the contents or in the glossary.

NOTE :  You cannot invoke Help when you are in the middle of a command.

The demonstration Using the Help Facility in Demo 1 shows how to get help about the command to measure the distance between two points