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Subject:Re: Why manuals? From:Karla McMaster <mcmaster%pcmail -dot- cti-pet -dot- com -at- CTI-PET -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 21 Sep 1994 09:46:48 EST
Richard Mateosian said:
> Nobody has ever learned FrameMaker4 or Word6 or Photoshop3 or any
> other major package by reading the paper documentation supplied
r with it.
I beg to differ...I learned FrameMaker4 (I guess one could argue about how
_well_ I learned it) by trying things and looking up stuff in the manual. As
far as how much I know, I learned enough to convince me that it is a very
prowerful product...
Karla (feeling argumentative today) McMaster, tech writer
CTI PET Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN
mcmaster -at- cti-pet -dot- com
