Federated search for help

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\helpviewer

Value name: enablefederatedhelpsearch

Enabled: enablefederatedhelpsearch = 1

Disabled: enablefederatedhelpsearch = 0

Description

This policy setting allows you to determine the sources of content that Office users in your organization can access through Office Help (F1). If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, users who utilize Office Help see content from both Office and the Internet. If you disable this setting, Office users’ search results through Help are limited to Office content.