Changing the way you access help content

You can change the way that you access help content.

Before you begin

During the installation process, a help content access method was selected. However, you can modify your preferences to change the help content access method at any time. Close the help browser before you change the way you access help content.

Procedure

To change the way that you access help content, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Windows > Preferences. The Preferences window opens.
  2. Expand the Help entry, and then click Content. A list of the information center or centers opens. Depending on the access method that was chosen, complete one of the following procedures.
    • To access help content on an intranet server, follow these steps:
      1. Click Add; then name the intranet connection, specify the intranet URL for the server that contains the help content, and then click OK.
      2. Disable any other remote infocenters.
      3. Click OK to close Preferences.
      4. Ensure that your intranet server is running. For information about setting up your intranet server, see Setting up an intranet server for help content.
      5. Click Help > Help Contents, to open your help.
    • To download and access help content locally, follow these steps:
      1. Ensure that Include help content from a remote infocenter is selected.
      2. Enable the Local option, or complete the next step if the Local option is not available.
      3. Click Add; then enter a name for the local help connection. Specify the localhost Host IP address 127.0.0.1 and path /help. Select any unused port number, and then click OK.
      4. Disable any other remote infocenters.
      5. Save any work and close and restart the product.
      6. Follow the instructions in Installing help content locally with the Local Help Updater to download help content.
Related concepts:
Web-based help content
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