Setting Help Display Preferences

Define how you want to display help topics using the Preferences dialog box.

To set help display preferences:

  1. Select Window | Preferences from the main menu bar.

    The Preferences dialog box appears.

  2. Select Help in the left pane.

    The Help options appear in the right pane.

  3. Specify how help topics are displayed. Choose from the following selections and click OK.

    Help Display Options

    PropertyDescription

    Use an external browser

    Check the Use external browser box if you want to display the help topics using another browser. The WorkSpace default is an embedded browser.

    Note

    If the selected browser is not fully compatible with Internet Explorer or Mozilla, or if JavaScript is disabled, the help shown in the browser may not appear as intended.

    Open window context help

    Choose from the following:

    • Open the topics in the dynamic Help view.

    • Open the topics in a pop-up window.

    Open dialog context help

    Choose from the following:

    • Open the topics in the dynamic Help view.

    • Open the topics in a pop-up window.

    Help view document open mode

    Open selected topics in place (Help view) or in the editor.

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