"Mac Help" Search Box is suddenly missing!!

Out of the blue when I access Mac Help the screen no longer displays the search box and magnifying glass icon. Everything else is there but it means the only way I can get help is to try and find something that matches my question in the Index. This is not always good enough. Anyone got any ideas how to fix this?

Found the answer to this one via "The X Lab" as listed on someone else's post. Followed instructions to change Library prefs and now it's working again
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/helpviewer.html

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http://www.freefind.com/
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> paste
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>> Lo,
>> I am making a website using dreamweaver 8 and was
wondering if anyone
> could
>> help me in making a simple search box. If your
wondering what i mean when
> i say
>> search box, i mean a text field where you can enter
a search subject and
>> a
>> button to submit the search. Not unlike the search
areas you see on most
>> popular websites. So far I've been able to make the
text field and button
> but i
>> am having trouble with scripting them so that they
actually preform a
> search.
>> I'm guessing that I will have to make a new page
that to display search
>> results, but other that that i'm pretty much in the
dark about how to go
> about
>> it. Anyone who could help me out or show me where I
could get help, I
> would
>> really appriciate it!
>>
>
>

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