Sadly the level of documentation for just about everything has reached
the level of UNIX' original Man pages, which ran the gamut from obscure
to impenetrable. Useful perhaps if you already knew what you were
doing, but needed a hint for an operation not normally used, but not
much else.
On 6/10/2019 4:40 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
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*
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America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please.
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