Help content installation options

During installation, you must choose from three options for how you access help content when you work with Rational® Publishing Engine.
Table 1. Installation options for help system content.
Important: After you install Rational Publishing Engine, you can change your help configuration at any time. For information about the help options and how to change your help configuration, refer to the topic Configuring help content.
Help system option Details
Access help from the web (Default option) The latest help content is dynamically retrieved from the web.
Download help and access the content locally Only limited help content is included during installation. When you first start the product, the complete online help is downloaded and installed provided that you have an Internet connection. On subsequent startups, available updates to the help are downloaded and installed.
Access help from a server on your intranet You access help content that has been downloaded and installed an a server on your intranet. You must enter the following details about the server:
  • Host
  • Port
  • /Path
For example, if the URL is https://my.server.com/8080/myhelp/index.jsp, you enter the details as:
  • Host: my.server.com
  • Port: 8080
  • Path: /myhelp

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