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dear voivod……my dept has licenses for about 40 people in my dept alone…..and NO…the manuals are not available. OH they have them…but they just dont make them available for everyday use. (actually we have about 20 licenses….but we work 24 hrs…so it is totally legal to share the license on the same puter).
Now I have got a decent grip on PS….but even i have some dummy questions here and there (and i even have the manual at home).
im not looking to personally spar with you v. but i think your diatribes are off base……YES there are some people with pirated PS…but there are many people who have legal access to it without training or any support.
So i say..ask away…and dont bash the newbies (i do not include people who openly ask to crack the program)
"Voivod" wrote in message
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And, as has been pointed out in this group on several occasions, CS upgrade does not ship with manuals. They are available for ~US$60, and mostly answer questions with "… see Help."
Many of the questions asked do have answers in Help, however the user needs to know exactly HOW to ask the question. Judging from most of these "newbie" questions, THAT is the problem. They will state their situation and even post an example of what they are attempting to do, but it is the distillation of the question to accurate keywords, that they lack. In these cases it should be comforting that there are people here, who CAN distill those questions, and at least point them to the right keywords, whether it is in the Help section, or on Google, or Yahoo.
Now, I hate pirates as much as anybody, seeing how I’ve been buying licenses to nearly all Adobe products since parts were Aldus, and Photoshop first came to the PC, but there are many out there, who have legal copies, fully licensed, but can’t find the answers. AND, as a deadline looms, they look for help anywhere and everywhere. Sometimes, they find that anwser, just by asking the question, other times, a gentle reminder, or pointer can do wonders.
Hunt