QUICK START GUIDE

DASHBOARD
Your NFPA LiNK™ Dashboard provides
access to available publications, favorite
content, and helpful links. Click the NFPA
LiNK™ logo at the top left of your screen
to access your Dashboard.
1 Navigation Toolbar: Icons in the navigation bar provide quick access to your Dashboard, MyLiNK,
NFPA DiRECT™, Search, and Account Settings.
2 Favorites: Add your most-used publications to Favorites by using the star icon so they can be
easily located at the top of your bookshelf.
3 All Publications: Click the ‘View All Publications’ button to see all the titles available to you. For
information on upcoming content releases, visit NFPA.org/LiNK.
4 Recent Bookmarks: Bookmark important content to access it easily from your Dashboard.
5 Getting Started: These quick links will help you get started with NFPA LiNK™. If you need more
help, visit the Support page.

BOOK VIEW
After selecting a publication, you can
begin interacting with the book view-
er. Browse codes and in-line enhanced
content in a variety of ways—by scrolling
through pages, navigating the table of
contents, or using the breadcrumb trail. Get organized by using colors, bookmarks, and notes, and
collaborate by sharing sections of content.
1 Search: Use the search tool to quickly and easily locate the content you need. View the section
dedicated to Search to learn more about how to broaden and refine search results.
2 Personalize and Share: Bookmark important content, create personalized notes, organize items
by color, and add items to a custom collection by clicking on the menu beside a section. Easily
collaborate with colleagues by sharing project related content with them using the share feature.
3 Viewing Preferences: Use these icons to expand or collapse inline enhanced content while
viewing a publication, or turn on and off the reference panel view.
4 Identify Changes: Change indicators in the margins and shading in the content identify that
something has been added, deleted, or changed from the previous edition. To view an explanation
of what each indicator represents, visit our FAQs.

SEARCH
Locate the content you need quickly and
easily by using the handy Search tool
and filters.

1 Search: Begin locating content by searching for a keyword or phrase. For more specific results,
search by exact phrase using “quotations” around your search term.
2 Search Results: The search tool will begin presenting results for the chapter or section of content
you are viewing.
3 Publication Filters: You can refine or broaden the results by searching the entire publication, a
different publication, or by selecting multiple publications.
4 Content Filters: You may also use the content filters to search Article, Chapter, Section or
Annex titles.

REFERENCE PANEL
The reference panel allows you to view
various sections of content side by side.
Once you pin a section of content to your
reference panel it will remain saved until
you delete it.
1 View Referenced Content: To read referenced content side by side within the same view, select
add to reference panel in the menu beside a section or from the window that opens after clicking
on a reference link.
2 Access Saved References: Click on the menu in the bottom right of your reference panel to view
or open references you have saved.
3 Delete Saved References: Click on the trash can icon when viewing a reference to delete it from
your list of saved items.
4 Expand and Collapse Reference Panel: Use the icon in the upper right corner to expand or col-
lapse the reference panel view.

NFPA DiRECT™
NFPA DiRECT™ is a step-by-step
navigation tool that will present results
based upon occupancy, system, space, or
equipment type. This situational naviga-
tor within NFPA LiNK™ walks you through
the scenario you are facing so that you
can get the answers you need quickly.

1 Begin Filtering: To locate content applicable to a specific situation, select an occupancy, system,
space, and/or equipment type to begin filtering.
2 Solutions: After filtering the available categories, NFPA DiRECT™ will present you with situations
and solutions results that contain aggregated content, visual aids, and expert commentary based
on the filters you selected.

MyLiNK
MyLiNK is where you can access and
manage all your customizations and
curated content, such as collections,
bookmarks, and notes.

1 My Bookmarks: Edit, delete, or read bookmarked content and personal notes in MyLiNK. Search
your notes and bookmarks by using the search tool or filter them by color.
2 Collections: Create custom collections, so that you can organize content, notes, and bookmarks
by topic or by project into personal folders.

MANAGE YOUR TEAM

Admin users of a team are given the ability
to manage team access through Account
Settings. Add or remove team members,
monitor pending invitations, rename your
team, or assign other admin users in the
Team Management tab.

1 Manage Your Team: If you are the admin user you can access account settings and select the
Team Management tab to manage team member access.
2 Invite: Admin users can invite others to join your team by entering their email addresses and
selecting the invite button.
3 Edit: Admin users can cancel pending invitations, resend invites, or remove members from the
team by using the cancel, resend, and remove buttons next to their name.
4 Change Permissions: Admin users can give admin privileges to other members of the team by
selecting the assign admin button next to their name. Once you give someone admin permissions,
they will be able to add and remove team members.

ACCOUNT SETTINGS
From Account Settings, you can sign out, switch between
multiple NFPA LiNK™ accounts, access the NFPA LiNK™
Support page, update topics of interest, see what’s new, man-
age your subscription, and manage team accounts.
Still Need Help? For more information, visit the
NFPA LiNK Support page.