Changing help access from locally installed to Web-based content

You can change the way that you access help content from using content installed on your computer to content available on an IBM Web site.
Close the help browser before you change the way that you access help content.
During the installation process, you chose Download help and access the content locally. To change to help that is accessed from an IBM Web site, complete the following steps:
  1. Click Window > Preferences. The Preferences window opens.
  2. Click Help and make sure Use external browser is selected.
  3. Expand the Help entry, and then click Content. A list displaying the currently configured information center or centers opens.
  4. Ensure that Include help content from a remote information center is selected.
  5. Disable the link to local help by selecting that connection in the Contents list, and then clicking Disable.
  6. Click Add; then name the connection, specify the Web address for the IBM® Web site that contains the help content, and then click OK. This Web address might already be available in the list of connections. If it is listed, select the connection and click Enable.
  7. Click Test connection.
  8. Click Apply, then click OK to close Preferences.
  9. Click Help > Help Contents, to open your help.
    Note: Although the URL looks the same as it did when using help downloaded to your local hard drive, the information center is now accessing remote help on the IBM Web site.

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