In Solid Edge, you can choose the help system you want to use: web help or local help. When you access user assistance in Solid Edge, it is displayed over the Internet by default. However, if you do not have access to the Internet, you can view the locally installed help.
Web help is not available in Solid Edge applications. When you access user assistance in a Solid Edge application such as Solid Edge 2D Drafting or Revision Manager and View and Markup, local help is displayed.
Using web-served help instead of locally installed help provides the following advantages:
Content that is searchable across all help and training.
Direct links between help topics and tutorials and videos.
Access to the Learning Portal.
It is easy to switch between web help and local help. The option, Use my web browser to display help (requires Internet access), which is located on the Helpers tab (Solid Edge Options dialog box), controls which system is used to display content. You do not have to exit Solid Edge for the change to take effect.
For example, you can use this technique to change from web help to local help when there are problems with the Internet connection or if you do not have user privileges to access the public Internet.