using the python module documentation you can use the doc(function whenever needed to get quick help howeveryou have better way to study the modules and libraries located in the python path -the python module documentation this feature often appears as module docs in the python folder on your system it' also referred to as pydoc whatever you call itthe python module documentation makes life lot easier for developers the following sections describe how to work with this feature opening the pydoc application pydoc is just another python application it actually appears in the \python \lib directory of your system as pydoc py as with any other py fileyou can open this one with idle and study how it works you can start it using the module docs shortcut that appears in the python folder on your system or by using command at the command prompt the application creates localized server that works with your browser to display information about the python modules and libraries sowhen you start this applicationyou see command (terminalwindow open like the one shown in figure - accessing pydoc on windows the windows installation of python has prob lem when you click module docsnothing happens of coursethis is bit disconcerting because users are apt to feel that something is wrong with their systems or with python itself it turns out that the shortcut is faulty to overcome this problemyou must create new shortcut using the following steps right-click the desktop and choose new shortcut from the context menu you see the create shortcut wizard type :\python \python exe :\python lib\pydoc py - and click next this command line starts copy of the pydoc server so that you can access module information type pydoc and click finish windows creates new shortcut for you this shortcut allows you to access the module help information that currently doesn' work with python on windows