patrick had answered a question about meta manuals..... as he mentioned the manual is in the help files..... my version of meta is for esignal which by default requires an esignal connection before it will open ie, no internet = no help files...... yes, there is an offline setting....... but rather than switch back and forth between the 2, i just made a shortcut to those help files on my desktop..... now clicking the '?' brings up the menu just as meta had intended, even without an internet connection or metasock being open......h