Help System

You can access the help system in several ways. The documentation is available online, on steinberg.help.

Documentation

The documentation consists of several documents.

To visit steinberg.help, do one of the following:

  • Enter www.steinberg.help in the address bar of your web browser.

  • In WaveLab, select Help > steinberg.help.

  • 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. Click the Help button, or press F1.

  • 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.Click the Help button, or press Cmd-?.

Operation Manual

The main WaveLab Cast reference documentation, with detailed descriptions of operations, parameters, functions, and techniques.

Plug-in Reference

Describes the features and parameters of the included plug-ins.

Tooltips and Further Information

  • To show tooltips, move the mouse over an interface icon.

  • To use the menu help, move the mouse over a menu item.

  • To see information on how to perform editing in the Audio Montage window via the mouse and the modifier keys, move the mouse over the Audio 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 feature 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 access the What’s This help feature, do one of the following:

  • In a window, press Shift-F1, and move the mouse over an interface item, or select Help > What’s This?.

  • 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.