Methods for accessing help
There are three methods for accessing help content: remote
help, local help, and intranet help. Some products use remote help
to connect to the web and access help content directly from an information
center on ibm.com website by default. Other products
have local help where all of the help content is included with the
help by default. Alternatively, you can connect to an information
center that your system administrator hosts on an intranet server.
You can change to any of the three options at any time.
Changing the location of help content
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).
Configuring network connections
If your environment requires a proxy, you can configure
the network connections to permit access to web help from your help
server.
Downloading and installing help content on a machine without an Internet connection
If you must access help content from a computer that does
not have an Internet connection, you can install the help content
from a file that you can obtain from the IBM® Local
Help System Updater website. You must download the help content
file using a computer that has Internet access and copy the file to
the computer without Internet access.
Setting up an intranet server for help content
An administrator can set up an intranet server behind a
firewall to provide help content to users. In this way, users do not
need to download and save help content to their computers.