You can modify your help preferences so that you access
help content from the Internet (remote help), from your local computer
(local help), or from a local server (enterprise help).
Before you begin
If you plan to access help content from the Internet or
to download it to your local computer, make sure that you can connect
to the Internet. After downloading help content to your local computer,
you no longer need an Internet connection to access the help.
If
you plan to access help content from a local server, you must know
the host server URL, the path to the help content, and the port address
for the intranet server.
If you have downloaded the content,
when you start your product later and you happen to be connected to
the Internet, the local help is updated automatically.
Procedure
- With the help open, click . The Preferences window opens.
- Expand Help and click Content.
You see a window that looks similar to the following
example:
- The location of the help content is controlled by enabling
the server URL in the table as follows:
- To access help from the Internet, select the row of
the table with the product name and click Enable. For most products, this is the first row and is enabled by default.
Ensure that the Local server disabled.
- To download help and access it from your local computer,
select Local and click Enable.
Ensure that other servers are disabled.
- To access help from a local server (enterprise help),
click New. In the Add new information
center dialog, enter a name for the host server and provide
the host server URL, as shown in the example below. Click Test
Connection to ensure that the server location is valid
and then click OK to save the settings.
Results
If you decided to access help from your local computer,
the help content is downloaded to your machine when you restart the
product if an Internet connection is available.
If you decided
to access help from the Internet or from an intranet help server,
the content is available immediately when you access product help.