Changing the way you access help content
You can change the way that you obtain help content.
During
the installation process, a help content access method was selected. Close
the help browser before you change the way you access help content.
To change the way that you access help content:
- 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 change from accessing help content from an information center on
an IBM Web site to accessing help content on an intranet server, follow these
steps:
- Disable the link to the internet site by selecting the internet
URL in the Contents list, and then clicking Disable.
- Click Add; then name the intranet connection,
specify the intranet URL for the server that contains the help content, and
then click OK.
- Click OK to close Preferences.
- Click , to open your help.
- To change from accessing help content from an information center on
an IBM Web site to downloading and accessing help content locally, follow
these steps:
- Ensure that Include help content from a remote infocenter is
selected.
- Disable the link to the product Information Center by selecting
that connection in the Contents list, and then clicking Disable.
- 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.
- Save any work and close and restart the product.
- Follow the instructions in Downloading help content from the Local Help System Updater site to
download help content.
- To change from accessing help content locally to accessing help content
from an IBM Web site, follow these steps:
- Ensure that Include help content from a remote infocenter is
selected.
- Disable the link to localhost by selecting that connection in
the Contents list, and then clicking Disable.
- 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.
- Click OK to close Preferences.
- Click , to open your help.
- To change from accessing help content locally to accessing help content
from an intranet server, follow these steps:
- Ensure that Include help content from a remote infocenter is
selected.
- Disable the link to localhost by selecting that connection in
the Contents list, and then clicking Disable.
- Click Add; then name the connection,
specify the intranet URL for the server that contains the help content, and
then click OK.
- Click OK to close Preferences.
- Click , to open your help.
- To change from accessing help content from an intranet server to downloading
and accessing help content locally, follow these steps:
- Ensure that Include help content from a remote infocenter is
selected.
- Disable the link to the intranet server by selecting that connection
in the Contents list, and then clicking Disable.
- Click Add; then enter a name for the
local help connection. Specify the localhost Host address 127.0.0.1 and
path /help. Enter any unused port number, and then
click OK.
- Save any work and close and restart the product.
- Follow the instructions in Downloading help content from the Local Help System Updater site to
download help content.
- To change from accessing help content from an intranet server to accessing
help from an IBM Web site, follow these steps:
- Disable the link to your intranet site by selecting the intranet
URL in the Contents list, and then clicking Disable.
- Click Add; then name the connection,
specify the URL for the IBM Web site that contains the help content, and then
click OK.
- Click OK to close Preferences.
- Click , to open your help.