Changing from local help to help on an intranet server

You can change from accessing help locally to accessing help on an intranet server.

Procedure

  1. Close the product help system window.
  2. Open the Local Help System Updater by clicking Help > Local Help Updater. The Updater site opens.
  3. Click the Installed Features tab.
  4. Select the features to remove; then click Remove. The help features that you selected are removed from your computer. A progress bar indicates the status of the request.
  5. When the removal is completed, open the help in the product by selecting Help > Help Contents to verify that the selected topics have been removed.
  6. With your product open, click Windows > Preferences. The Preferences window opens.
  7. Disable the link to the local help by selecting the 127.0.0.1 address in the Contents list, and then clicking Disable.
  8. Click OK to save the settings. Your application is configured to access help content locally. You need to install the help content on your system.
  9. With your product open, click Windows > Preferences. The Preferences window opens.
  10. Click Add; then name the intranet connection, specify the address for the intranet server (your administrator provides this) that contains the help content, and then click OK.
  11. Click OK to save the settings.
  12. Click Help > Help Contents to open your help. Help is configured to access content from an intranet server.

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