in Qt Creator you can go to the tools menu > Help > Tab Documentation > button Add : select the location of your installed files.

add .qch file as Everall says.

I don’t want to seem dense, but there is no “Help” item under the Tools menu in Qt Creator. I’ve looked through all the menus and cannot find a “Documentation” tab or an “Add” button that would let me specify the location of the documentation files.

The Qt Reference Documentation inside Qt Creator works, and I suppose that’s one option, but my habits would prefer getting to this stuff via Qt Assistant.

That’s weird on linux and on windows it’s there in Qt Creator.

What version are you using?

The Mac version, of course. Maybe I should just go back to Linux…but all the MySQL stuff I’m trying to work with is on the Mac.

Have a look at the following link to add the docs manually to Qt Assistant :

http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/assistant-custom-help-viewer.html#displaying-custom-documentation

Ah, found it…(in the Mac version, anyway): simply open Assistant preferences, click the Documentation tab, then the Add button.

Sounds just like the original advice, except in Assistant->Preferences instead of Creator.