Getting Help Offline

How can I get Help to search off line rather than immediately connecting to
MS?
Thx
Dave

Suzanne
Tue Aug 26 12:13:29 PDT 2008

What version of Word?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
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> How can I get Help to search off line rather than immediately connecting
> to MS?
> Thx
> Dave
>

Terry
Tue Aug 26 12:33:31 PDT 2008

In Word 2007, press F1 to open the Help dialog and then click on the button
at the bottom of the dialog which should say 'Connected to Office on line'.

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"Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
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> How can I get Help to search off line rather than immediately connecting
> to MS?
> Thx
> Dave
>

David
Wed Aug 27 12:55:14 PDT 2008

2003 - SAT
The only F1 option seems to be to "Connect to Microsoft Online', followed by
a wild goose chase link to MS about updating the list from which I was
hoping to find the offline info.

Dave


Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
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> In Word 2007, press F1 to open the Help dialog and then click on the
> button at the bottom of the dialog which should say 'Connected to Office
> on line'.
>
> --
> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>
> "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
> news:%23pcBWP6BJHA.3776@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> How can I get Help to search off line rather than immediately connecting
>> to MS?
>> Thx
>> Dave
>>
>

Terry
Wed Aug 27 14:26:17 PDT 2008

So when you click on the 'Connected to Microsoft on line' button at the
bottom of the Help dialog, it doesn't have the option 'Show content only
from this computer'?

Terry

"David" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
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> 2003 - SAT
> The only F1 option seems to be to "Connect to Microsoft Online', followed
> by a wild goose chase link to MS about updating the list from which I was
> hoping to find the offline info.
>
> Dave
>
>
> Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:ewZYfK7BJHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> In Word 2007, press F1 to open the Help dialog and then click on the
>> button at the bottom of the dialog which should say 'Connected to Office
>> on line'.
>>
>> --
>> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>>
>> "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23pcBWP6BJHA.3776@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> How can I get Help to search off line rather than immediately connecting
>>> to MS?
>>> Thx
>>> Dave
>>>
>>
>
>

David
Thu Aug 28 08:56:08 PDT 2008

Hi Terry -
The only thing at the bottom is 'Can't find it?'
Dave


"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
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> So when you click on the 'Connected to Microsoft on line' button at the
> bottom of the Help dialog, it doesn't have the option 'Show content only
> from this computer'?
>
> Terry
>
> "David" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
> news:%23S9xU7HCJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> 2003 - SAT
>> The only F1 option seems to be to "Connect to Microsoft Online', followed
>> by a wild goose chase link to MS about updating the list from which I was
>> hoping to find the offline info.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:ewZYfK7BJHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> In Word 2007, press F1 to open the Help dialog and then click on the
>>> button at the bottom of the dialog which should say 'Connected to Office
>>> on line'.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>>>
>>> "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23pcBWP6BJHA.3776@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> How can I get Help to search off line rather than immediately
>>>> connecting to MS?
>>>> Thx
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

David
Thu Aug 28 08:59:11 PDT 2008

Correction - found a drop down list that references 'help offline'

Sorry Sorry Sorry

And thank you all - slow learned I guess :-)

Dave



"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
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> So when you click on the 'Connected to Microsoft on line' button at the
> bottom of the Help dialog, it doesn't have the option 'Show content only
> from this computer'?
>
> Terry
>
> "David" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
> news:%23S9xU7HCJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> 2003 - SAT
>> The only F1 option seems to be to "Connect to Microsoft Online', followed
>> by a wild goose chase link to MS about updating the list from which I was
>> hoping to find the offline info.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:ewZYfK7BJHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> In Word 2007, press F1 to open the Help dialog and then click on the
>>> button at the bottom of the dialog which should say 'Connected to Office
>>> on line'.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>>>
>>> "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23pcBWP6BJHA.3776@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> How can I get Help to search off line rather than immediately
>>>> connecting to MS?
>>>> Thx
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Beth
Sat Sep 06 09:55:26 PDT 2008

"Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
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> How can I get Help to search off line rather than immediately connecting
> to MS?
> Thx
> Dave

It looks like you found your answer but I'm not sure if you discovered that
you can have offline Help by default but then use online Help if you find
the offline Help isn't enough. Here's an article that covers how to
configure Help to access online Help content only when you need it:

Tame Office 2003 Online Help Content!
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=480

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

Dave
Fri Sep 12 06:44:23 PDT 2008

Thank you Beth - very interesting
I never cease to be amazed how many specific topics are the subject of
websites that people put up to help others, and to clarify the infinite
number of mysteries in MS products. It's great for us amateurs - maybe, in
50 years or so, MS will make public what they were thinking about when they
dreamed up some of these features, and more particularly, their reasoning on
the default settings they though everybody 'wanted'

Whatever!

Thank you again
Dave


"Beth Melton" <bmelton@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message
> news:#pcBWP6BJHA.3776@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> How can I get Help to search off line rather than immediately connecting
>> to MS?
>> Thx
>> Dave
>
> It looks like you found your answer but I'm not sure if you discovered
> that you can have offline Help by default but then use online Help if you
> find the offline Help isn't enough. Here's an article that covers how to
> configure Help to access online Help content only when you need it:
>
> Tame Office 2003 Online Help Content!
> http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=480
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
> What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs
>
> Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx
>
>