| Preamble |
| Reading and writing data - simple FITS files |
| Overall program control |
| Scale and Color |
| Block, Bin, Zoom and Pan |
| Coordinates |
| Regions |
| Data cubes and event files |
| Special file formats |
| Frames |
| Profile Graphs |
| Inspecting Data |
| Prism |
| Masks |
| Smoothing and contouring |
| Catalogs and Archives |
| Control and Interprocess communication - TCL, XPA and SAMP |
| Analysis menu files |
| Troubleshooting errors |
| MacOSX and Windows compatibility |
| Introduction to DS9 internals |
| History of DS9 development |
| Building and Linking the DS9 executable |
| Running DS9 |
| Historical and descriptive material |