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=Discourse Forum=
 
=Discourse Forum=
The most effective way to get help from the community is through [https://discourse.slicer.org the 3D Slicer community page on Discourse]. Categories:
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The most effective way to get help from the community is through the Slicer Discussion Forum:
* [mailto:slicer+support@discoursemail.com Support]: usage related questions
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* https://discourse.slicer.org
* [mailto:slicer+dev@discoursemail.com  Development]: programming related questions
 
  
=Mailing List (deprecated)=
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=Training and Documentation=
This used to be the common way to get help from the community before migrating to Discourse.
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*The [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Training|Training page]] provides a series of courses for learning how to use Slicer4. The portfolio contains self-guided presentation and sample data sets.
Questions about using 3D Slicer should be posted to the slicer-users mailing list.
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*Reference manual style [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}|documentation]] for Slicer4 can be found on the Slicer Wiki.
* In order to ask a question, send an email to slicer-users at bwh. harvard.edu.
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* In order to join the mailing list, go to http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-users and sign up.
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=Frequently Asked Questions FAQs=
* Archives of past postings are available  [http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/public-archives/slicer-users here].
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We maintain a curated list of questions and answers for both users and developers:
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* [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/FAQ | Users FAQ]]
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* [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Developers/FAQ | Developers FAQ]]
  
For programming related questions, the slicer-devel mailing list needs to be used.
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=Downloading Slicer=
* In order to ask a question, send an email to slicer-users at bwh. harvard.edu.
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*Slicer is free open source software and is distributed under a BSD license. Please read the [[Projects/slicerWeb:LicenseText| Slicer License Agreement]], if you use Slicer.  
* In order to join the mailing list, go to http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-devel and sign up.
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*Compiled binaries are accessible through the [http://download.slicer.org Slicer Download] page.
* Archives of past postings are available  [http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/public-archives/slicer-devel here].
 
  
 
=Bug Reports and Feature Requests=
 
=Bug Reports and Feature Requests=
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* See [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Report_a_problem|here]] for additional tips on reporting issues.
 
* See [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Report_a_problem|here]] for additional tips on reporting issues.
  
=Downloading Slicer=
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=Mailing List (discontinued) Archives=
*Slicer is free open source software and is distributed under a BSD license. Please read the [[Projects/slicerWeb:LicenseText| Slicer License Agreement]], if you use Slicer.
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Prior to Discourse, support and development discussions were conducted on several mailing lists, for which 10+ years of archives are available:
*Compiled binaries are accessible through the [http://download.slicer.org Slicer Download] page.
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* [http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/public-archives/slicer-users slicer-users (usage questions) archive ].
 
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** ([http://slicer-users.65878.n3.nabble.com/ searchable Nabble mirror])
=Training and Documentation=
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* [http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/public-archives/slicer-devel slicer-devel (programming questions) archive]
*The [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Training|Training page]] provides a series of courses for learning how to use Slicer4. The portfolio contains self-guided presentation and sample data sets.
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** ([http://slicer-devel.65872.n3.nabble.com/ searchable Nabble mirror])
*Reference manual style [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}|documentation]] for Slicer4 can be found on the Slicer Wiki.
 
 
 
=Frequently Asked Questions FAQs=
 
We maintain a curated list of questions and answers for both users and developers:
 
* [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/FAQ | Users FAQ]]
 
* [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Developers/FAQ | Developers FAQ]]
 

Revision as of 16:58, 14 July 2017

Home < Help

Introduction

This page is intended to provide links to places where Slicer Users can get help.

Discourse Forum

The most effective way to get help from the community is through the Slicer Discussion Forum:

Training and Documentation

  • The Training page provides a series of courses for learning how to use Slicer4. The portfolio contains self-guided presentation and sample data sets.
  • Reference manual style documentation for Slicer4 can be found on the Slicer Wiki.

Frequently Asked Questions FAQs

We maintain a curated list of questions and answers for both users and developers:

Downloading Slicer

  • Slicer is free open source software and is distributed under a BSD license. Please read the Slicer License Agreement, if you use Slicer.
  • Compiled binaries are accessible through the Slicer Download page.

Bug Reports and Feature Requests

We have a data base of bug reports and feature request which is based on a software package called "Mantis". Please file your reports in mantis and send an email about the report to the slicer-users mailing list.

Mailing List (discontinued) Archives

Prior to Discourse, support and development discussions were conducted on several mailing lists, for which 10+ years of archives are available: