Changing from local help to intranet help

You can change the method that you use to access help. If your organization makes the help content available on an intranet server, you can access help from that server.

Procedure

  1. With the help open, click File > Local Help Updater. The updater site opens.
  2. Click the Installed Content tab.
  3. Select the features to remove and click Remove.
  4. When the removal is complete, open the help in the product by selecting Help > Help Contents and verify that the selected topics are removed.
  5. With the help open, click File > Preferences.
  6. In the Preferences window, from the Content list, select the address 127.0.0.1, and click Disable.
  7. Click OK. Your product is configured to access help content locally. You must install the help content on your computer.
  8. With the help open, click File > Preferences.
  9. In the Preferences window, select New, type a name for the intranet connection, and specify the address for the intranet server. Your system administrator can provide the address for the intranet server that hosts the help content.
  10. Click OK.
  11. To open the help, click Help > Help Contents. The help is configured to access content from an intranet server.

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