You can create a short-cut to local help and use it whether or not you are
connected:

Should be called something like:

XLMAIN10.CHM or XLMAIN11.CHM


XLADDIN.CHM for addins
XLMACRO.CHM for macros


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Gary''s Student - gsnu2007a


"Margaret Bartley" wrote:

I have a dial-up connection, and it's really irritating when I click on the
Help button, to look up the syntax of a function, and Excel tries to look it
up online. It takes about three minutes, and, more often than not, crashes.

I have the Help information on my computer already. When I'm not online, it
looks to my local harddrive.

I don't see a setting anywhere to have Help look locally.

Where can I find it?