Changing help access from locally installed to intranet-based content

You can change the way that you access help content from using content installed on your computer to content available on an intranet 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 you access from an intranet 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 intranet Web address for the server that contains the help content, and then click OK.
  6. Click OK to close Preferences.
  7. Click Help > Help Contents, to open your help.