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title: "Get help inside PDFBetter: the help panel, search and support"
description: "Open the help panel, see articles for the page you're on, search every how-to without leaving the app, and reach a person when you need one."
url: https://help.pdfbetter.com/getting-started/get-help-in-the-app/
collection: "Getting started"
section: "Start here"
updated: 2026-10-18
publisher: "PDFBetter (AI Generated Inc.)"
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# Get help inside PDFBetter: the help panel, search and support

> In the dashboard, click the question mark in the top bar or **Help & support** in the sidebar. The panel shows **Help for this page**, a search box and every topic. In the editor, use **More** (**⋯**) → **Help center**. A person answers at support@pdfbetter.com.

## The help panel

1. **Open it**: In the dashboard, click the question mark in the top bar (wide screens) or **Help & support** at the bottom of the sidebar.
2. **Start with this page**: **Help for this page** lists the articles about the page you're on, such as **Fill links** or **Sent**. **Start here** has the basics and **Browse topics** lists every collection.
3. **Search**: Type in **Search help…**. Results update as you type.
4. **Read and act**: Articles open inside the panel. **Open in PDFBetter** jumps to the page that does the job, and **Open in help center** opens the full article in a new tab.

At the bottom of the panel are **Contact support**, **Keyboard shortcuts**, **What’s new** and **Help center**. Each article ends with **Did this answer your question?**; if it didn't, you're offered a way to tell us what you were looking for, and a person replies.

## Other ways in

- **Search:** press `⌘` `K` (or `Ctrl` `K`) and type a question. Help articles appear under **Help**, with **Search help for “…”** for more.
- **Learn PDFBetter:** the dashboard home shows how-tos for what people do most. Click one to open it in the panel, or the × (**Hide how-tos**) to remove the strip.
- **In the editor:** **More** (**⋯**) → **Help center** opens the editing articles in a new tab.
- **The help center:** every article is at [help.pdfbetter.com](https://help.pdfbetter.com/), organized by topic.

> **Note:** Help articles are written in English. The app itself is in [five languages](https://help.pdfbetter.com/getting-started/change-app-language/), so labels in the articles are the English ones.

## Reach a person

Use the [contact page](https://pdfbetter.com/contact/) or email support@pdfbetter.com. Include what you were doing, the document name and any message you saw; [Contact support](https://help.pdfbetter.com/troubleshooting/contact-support-details/) lists what helps us answer fast. To ask an AI assistant about PDFBetter, point it at the help center ([how](https://help.pdfbetter.com/automation/help-center-for-ai-agents/)).

## Related articles

- [A tour of the dashboard](https://help.pdfbetter.com/getting-started/dashboard-tour.md): The dashboard at /app/ is home base. The sidebar holds New, Create with AI and your lists; the top bar has search (⌘K), the AI menu, notifications and help. The home page shows what needs your attention, quick tools and your recent documents.
- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://help.pdfbetter.com/getting-started/keyboard-shortcuts.md): Press ? anywhere in the dashboard or the editor to see the shortcuts for that screen. The essentials: ⌘ K to search, U to upload, T for text, S to sign, ⌘ Z to undo and Tab to move between form fields.
- [Contact support and include the details we need](https://help.pdfbetter.com/troubleshooting/contact-support-details.md): Use the contact form (also under Help → Contact support in the app) or email support@pdfbetter.com. Include your account email, what you were doing, the exact error message, your browser and the time it happened. A person reads every message and replies within two business days.
- [Use the help center with ChatGPT, Claude or your own agent](https://help.pdfbetter.com/automation/help-center-for-ai-agents.md): Point your assistant at https://help.pdfbetter.com/llms.txt, or add .md to any article's address for clean Markdown. Apps can call the keyless search API at /api/help/search/?q=…, and agents connected over MCP get the search_help and get_help_article tools.

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Source: https://help.pdfbetter.com/getting-started/get-help-in-the-app/ · PDFBetter Help Center · Last checked against the product 2026-10-18. Questions: support@pdfbetter.com