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.

Before you begin

Close the help browser before you change the way that you access help content.

About this task

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:

Procedure

  1. Click Windows > Preferences. The Preferences window opens.
  2. Expand the Help entry, and then click Content. A list displaying the currently configured information center or centers opens.
  3. Ensure that Include help content from a remote information center is selected.
  4. Disable the link to localhost by selecting that connection in the Contents list, and then clicking Disable.
  5. 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.
  6. Click OK to close Preferences.
  7. Click Help > Help Contents, to open your help.