As an aside, my Final Cut Studio software that I bought brand new around 2006 was supplied with a full set of paper manuals (all 5 books!) and I find them easy to read, very clear in instruction, and easy to search in. I have never bothered with the software manuals as I enjoy picking them up and reading them when I have a problem, which is rare.
I think the society we live in today takes a lot of things for granted. My wife is a prime example. She's taken over doing the annual accounts for her branch of the Green Party, and uses an Excel template. When something goes wrong or she wants to do something she doesn't now how to, she immediately asks me 'how do I do this?' somehow expecting me to know the answer. I use a lot of computer software, primarily things like Final Cut and Photoshop, and occasionally MS Office. Recently she asked about an Excel issue which I didn't know the answer to, so she asked me how we could go about finding out! I said, well, it looks like I'm going to have to stop whatever it is I'm doing, find the relevant help section, read it, figure out your issue and rectify it. Oh good, she said, I'll go and pit the kettle on..... *sigh* -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) | Live Broadcast News ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
