The help system can be accessed in help view, or separate help window. The help window may have a form of a simple window with an embedded browser, or be one of the web browsers available on your system.
If the embedded web browser is supported on your system, help uses an embedded
help browser to display help, whenever possible. When a modal window is showing
on the screen, that would prevent interacting with the embedded browser, requesting
help opens an external browser. If the embedded browser is used on your system and you
prefer to always use an external browser, you may select this behavior in the
Help preference page.
By default, context-sensitive help for workbench elements is displayed in the help view, and context-sensitive help for dialogs is displayed in the dialog's tray, which is similar to the help view. If you prefer to display context help in infopops when working in the workbench, in dialogs or both, change the selection in the help preference page.
A topic selected in the help view can be displayed in place, in the help view, or in the editor area. You may indicate suitable way in the help preferences. On some platforms, with no embedded browser, the topics will always be displayed in an external browser.