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<h1>Updating features with the update manager</h1>
<p>To check to see whether there are updates for a product's existing features
(requires Internet access):
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<li>Click <b>Help &gt; Software Updates &gt; New Updates</b>. This will contact
the Web sites associated with the product's features to discover what versions
of those features are available. The potential upgrades are presented in an
Available Updates page.</li>
<li>Select the feature versions that you wish to upgrade, and click <b>Next</b>.</li>
<li>Carefully review the license agreements for the upgraded features. If the
terms of all these licenses are acceptable, check &quot;I accept the terms
in the license agreements.&quot; Do not proceed to download the features if
the license terms are not acceptable.</li>
<li>Feature versions can be digitally signed by the company that provides them.
This allows the user to verify more easily that the features and plug-ins
that are about to be downloaded and installed are coming from a trusted supplier. </p><br>
<p><b>Warning:</b> Because of the possibility of harmful or even malicious plug-ins,
you should only download features from parties that you trust. </p><br><p>Click
<b>Install</b> to allow the downloading and installing to proceed.<p></li>
<li>Once all the features and plug-ins have been downloaded successfully and
their files installed into the product on the local computer, a new configuration
that incorporates these features and plug-ins will be formulated. Click <b>Yes</b>
when asked to exit and restart the Workbench for the changes to take effect.</li>
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<P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.gif" alt="Related concepts" width="159" height="27"><br>
<a href="../concepts/concepts-25.htm">Features</a>
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<P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.gif" alt="Related tasks" width="159" height="27"><br>
<a href="tasks-33.htm">Inspecting the current configuration</a><br>
<a href="tasks-34.htm">Installing new features with the update manager<br>
</a><a href="tasks-34a.htm">Installing several features at once using group updates</a><br>
<a href="tasks-35.htm">Picking up pending changes</a><br>
<a href="tasks-36a.htm">Searching for features</a><br>
<a href="tasks-37.htm">Saving a configuration</a><br>
<a href="tasks-38.htm">Restoring a saved configuration</a>
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