You can change the way that you obtain help content.
Before you begin
During the installation process, a help content access method
was selected. Close the help browser before you change the way that
you access help content.
About this task
To change the way that you access help content:
Procedure
- 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, and 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 Installing help content using the Local Help System Updater 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 the Preferences window.
- 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 Installing help content using the Local Help System Updater 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 the Preferences window.
- Click , to open your help.