You can modify your help preferences so that you access
help content from different locations: from the Internet (remote help),
from your local computer (local help), or from a local intranet 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 require 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 your product open, click or , depending on your version of the help. The
Preferences window opens.
- Expand Help, and click Content.
A window similar to the following example opens:
- 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. If you don't have an internet connection, you need to
perform Downloading and installing help content on a machine without an Internet connection.
- To access help from a local server (enterprise help), click New.
In the Add new information center dialog box,
enter a name for the host server and provide the host server URL,
as shown in the example that follows. 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 computer when you restart the
product while 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.