Help, Environment, Options Dialog Box
This page of the Options dialog box lets you select documentation sets and whether to display topics internally in the IDE or externally in a separate window. To access this dialog box, on the Tools menu click Options. In the Environment folder click Help. If this page does not appear in the list, select Show all settings in the Options dialog box.
Information on how to change the font size of Help topics or to change the colors that are used in the Help viewer can be found in the Microsoft Document Explorer documentation. How to: Change Fonts and Colors
How to: Change Fonts and Colors
Note
The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described in Help depending on your active settings or edition. To change your settings, select Import and Export Settings on the Tools menu. For more information, see Visual Studio Settings.
Settings
Note
Changes made to the options on this page do not take effect until the environment is restarted.
Show Help using
Specifies how Help is displayed. Choose External Help Viewer to display topics in an external floating window. Choose Integrated Help Viewer to display Help topics in a Web browser window docked inside the IDE.Search results per page
Specifies the number of topics that are displayed on a single search results page.Show topic abstracts
Specifies whether an abstract for each topic is shown in search results.Reuse topic window
When selected, specifies that Help topics display in the same window so that you can navigate among topics by using the Back and Forward buttons. When unselected, specifies that a new window is opened for each topic.Highlight search terms
Specifies whether search strings are highlighted within search results topics for local Help.Include partial matches in local search results
When selected, specifies that search results include topics that have any one of the words in the search string. Search results do not have to include all the words in the search string.When unselected, specifies that search results include only topics that contain all the words in the search string.
Online topic language
Specifies the language in which to search and display results for online Help sources only.The available languages depend on the Help source. For example, MSDN Online supports multiple languages, but some Codezone Community sites might not support any language other than English.
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If you have never been connected to the Internet when Visual Studio was being used, only one option appears: <Download Languages>. Select this option and press DOWN ARROW to download a list of available languages. An Internet connection is required. For more information, see Help Sources: Local Help and Online Help.
Also show English topics
Specifies that if the search results include information in English, these results are also displayed.