Q: I think i missed something in the manual :(


A1: The so-called "Online Help" of R4 is something you should forget about (since you seem to have the manuals :o) As far as I remember it was the Alt key (YES, I really have never used it!!!) If you move the arrow over the right menus, a question mark appears. I wonder what help would be for you to click on Renderer/Render and to read "Renders the scene"... >:o|
A2: As an addition to my last answer:

I think I know now what that help function is good for. As you probably know, 3DS for DOS, unlike MAX, is an English-only program. There are no local versions! But there are international help files for R4 - you click with Alt pressed and get the description in German, for example!

I was sure Yost Group couldn't be wrong... ;o)