Changing from help on an intranet server to local help

You can change the way you access help content. If you need help and information topics while disconnected from your intranet, you can access help locally.

Procedure

  1. With your product open, click Windows > Preferences. The Preferences window opens.
  2. Disable the link to the intranet server by selecting the address in the Contents list, and then clicking Disable.
  3. Click OK to save the setting. Help is no longer configured to access help content from an intranet server.
  4. With your product open, click Windows > Preferences. The Preferences window opens.
  5. Enable the link to the local help by selecting the 127.0.0.1 address in the Contents list, and then clicking Enable.
  6. Click OK to save the settings.
  7. Click Help > Help Contents to open your help. Help is configured to access help content locally. You must install the help content on your computer.
  8. With your product open, click Help > Local Help Updater. The Updater site opens.
  9. In the Public Sites pane, select the location of the help to download.
  10. The Available Features list contains entries for the help that is available for download. Depending on your network connection speed, generating the list might take a few minutes. Select the help content that you need.
  11. Click Install. The help content is downloaded and installed. A progress bar opens and tracks the status of the download.
  12. When the download is completed, open the help in the product by clicking Help > Help Contents. The help that you selected is installed on your computer. When you start the product, the files are updated automatically provided that an Internet connection is available at startup.

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