FARSITE online help is composed of five main sections:
Tutorial - A detailed step by step tutorial of the Ashley FARSITE project.
User Guide - Instructions and explanations for doing FARSITE simulations.
Reference Guide - Provides help with individual commands.
Support - Getting help, updates, Frequently Asked Questions, etc.
Technical References - Descriptions of specific modeling components of FARSITE and literature.
If you are new to FARSITE you should begin with the Users Guide section or the Tutorial. Users of previous versions of FARSITE can check out the What's new in FARSITE v.4 section of the Reference Guide.
Numerous items and instructions appear throughout this guide. These following conventions are designed to make it easy to find and understand FARSITE Online Help.
Menu names, options, commands, and buttons are printed in bold type. i.e. click Open.
Menus, submenus, and commands are displayed with a greater than (>) symbol between items. i.e. Input > Landscape Utilities > Generate Landscape File. This is equivalent to;
Below shows the names of common dialog box elements in FARSITE.
Key combinations that you should press appear in uppercase letters with bold type. If joined with a plus sign (+), press and hold the first key while you press the remaining one(s). i.e. CTRL+C
dialog box names begin with uppercase letters and are in quotes. i.e. "Select ASCII Raster File" dialog box opens.
Text you should type in appears in the Courier font. i.e. "ashley"