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=Introduction=
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This page is intended to provide links to places where Slicer Users can get help.
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=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:
 
* [mailto:slicer+support@discoursemail.com Support]: usage related questions
 
* [mailto:slicer+dev@discoursemail.com  Development]: programming related questions
 
 
 
=Training and Documentation=
 
*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.
 
*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]]
 
 
 
=Downloading Slicer=
 
*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.
 
*Compiled binaries are accessible through the [http://download.slicer.org 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.
 
* In order to file a feature request or a bug report, please sign up on http://www.na-mic.org/Bug/signup_page.php, then click on the '''Report Issue''' link in your browser.
 
* See [[Documentation/{{documentation/currentversion}}/Report_a_problem|here]] for additional tips on reporting issues.
 
 
 
=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:
 
* [http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/public-archives/slicer-users slicer-users (usage questions) archive ].
 
** ([http://slicer-users.65878.n3.nabble.com/ searchable Nabble mirror])
 
* [http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/public-archives/slicer-devel slicer-devel (programming questions) archive]
 
** ([http://slicer-devel.65872.n3.nabble.com/ searchable Nabble mirror])
 

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