You can change the way that you access help content.
Before you begin
During
the installation process, a help content access method was selected.
However, you can modify your preferences to change the help content
access method at any time. Close the help browser before you change
the way you access help content.
Procedure
To change the way that you access help content, complete
the following steps:
- Click . The Preferences window opens.
- Expand the Help entry, and then
click Content. A list of the information center
or centers opens. Depending on the access method that was chosen,
complete one of the following procedures.
- To access help content on an intranet server, follow these
steps:
- Click Add; then name the intranet
connection, specify the intranet URL for the server that contains
the help content, and then click OK.
- Disable any other remote infocenters.
- Click OK to close Preferences.
- Click , to open your help.
- To download and access help content locally, follow these
steps:
- Ensure that Include help content from a remote
infocenter is selected.
- Enable the Local option, or complete the next step if
the Local option is not available.
- Click Add; then enter a name
for the local help connection. Specify the localhost Host IP address 127.0.0.1 and
path /help. Select any unused port number,
and then click OK.
- Disable any other remote infocenters.
- Save any work and close and restart the product.
- Follow the instructions in Installing help content locally with the Local Help Updater to download help content.
- To access help content from an IBM® Web
site, follow these steps:
- Ensure that Include help content from a remote
infocenter is selected.
- Click Add; then name the connection,
specify the Internet URL for the IBM Web
site that contains the help content, and then click OK.
This URL might already be available in the list of connections. If
it is listed, select the connection and click Enable.
- Disable any other remote infocenters.
- Click OK to close Preferences.
- Click , to open your help.