How to edit the Help File

1) CHANGING Search & Preview HELP FILE PATH:

In order to change the path of the Search & Preview help, the file goes to:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\Search & Preview

Then look for java-script file i.e. “SearchPage.js”. Open this file and look for “OpenSearchHelpPage()” function.

IN this function you can change the file path by editing the following line:

helpPage = “/_layouts/Search & Preview/SearchHelpPage.aspx”;

2) EDIT Search & Preview HELP FILE:

Again go to the following path>

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\Search & Preview

Here look for file “SearchHelpPage.aspx”

This is the Search & Preview Help file where you can edit different sections such as Boolean Operators, Phrase Searches, Wildcard Searches.

“SearchHelpPage.aspx” contains information from the Resource files. You have to search for particular resource-string which you want to edit and then

you have to go to Resource folder which you can find under the specific web-application e.g.