# Is There a Free, Up-to-date Offline/Downloadable Reference?

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-free-up-to-date-offline-downloadable-reference/39595
**Category:** p5.js
**Created:** [November 6, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-free-up-to-date-offline-downloadable-reference/39595 "2022-11-06T15:45:21Z")
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### Author: ![cottonchipper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/cottonchipper/32/10594_2.png) [@cottonchipper](https://discourse.processing.org/u/cottonchipper)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-free-up-to-date-offline-downloadable-reference/39595/1 "2022-11-06T15:45:21Z")

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I’m going to be away from internet access and working on an iPad. I’ve got a P5js editor installed, but I really need a good P5js reference. I’ve found a PDF version of “Getting Started with P5js” but it doesn’t seem to have all of the functions included. (I was looking specifically for createGraphics() ).  
When I download the zip file from the p5js reference page I can’t figure out how to open the index file using Safari. It doesn’t open the full page of information, only the word “Reference” with no listed functions or links.

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### Author: ![quark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/quark/32/26_2.png) [@quark](https://discourse.processing.org/u/quark)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-free-up-to-date-offline-downloadable-reference/39595/2 "2022-11-06T15:56:29Z")

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From the [p5.js site](https://p5js.org/reference/) there is a link to download an offline version of the reference.

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### Author: ![cottonchipper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/cottonchipper/32/10594_2.png) [@cottonchipper](https://discourse.processing.org/u/cottonchipper)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-free-up-to-date-offline-downloadable-reference/39595/3 "2022-11-06T16:06:03Z")

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That’s what I tried. Couldn’t get it to work on ipad.

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### Author: ![quark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/quark/32/26_2.png) [@quark](https://discourse.processing.org/u/quark)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-free-up-to-date-offline-downloadable-reference/39595/4 "2022-11-06T16:17:20Z")

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Sorry didn’t read your whole question - that will teach me not to cut corners. ⁉

I have tried opening it in Safari on my mac and it works fine. If your can view the online reference on your iPad then it would appear to be a limitation of opening local files in Safari and ios. You might try installing Firefox and see if that browser opens the offline reference.

Since I don’t have an iPad I can’t try things out perhaps someone else has a solution. 😁

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### Author: ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-free-up-to-date-offline-downloadable-reference/39595/5 "2022-11-06T16:27:06Z")

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Hi @cottonchipper,

I don’t have an Ipad either but I can try to simulate the Ipad aspect ratio in Firefox using `Ctrl + Shift + M` and it seems to work fine, maybe an issue with Safari?

 ![Screenshot 2022-11-06 17:24:18](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/1/4/14d70b96f547380ff031e9abd1551ed20d6aabf8.png)

(Using the [`.zip` version](https://p5js.org/offline-reference/p5-reference.zip) of the documentation and opening `index.html`)