Where's The documenation???

staggart wrote on 12/10/2004, 5:01 PM

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OK, up-front, this not going to be a "kind" email for the employees of Sony and the creators of SMS. I will state that I love the features (the ones I can figure out) of SMS... But where is the documentation???? The user manual is completely hopeless, the help files just as bad. I think the docs "explain" (that's being kind) 10% of how all this stuff works. Can anyone tell me if there is any supplemental documentation, FAQs, expensive books, or whatever to figure out how to use the WONDERFUL (seriously) software. It is languishing behind horrid documentation.

[Note to Sony employees who have helped me on this forum in the past - I appreciate the help. Please do anything you can to get someone to write a real user's manual and tutorial for the rest of us. Thanks.]

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Thanks,

Scott

Comments

ritsmer wrote on 12/11/2004, 2:39 AM

I am not unhappy with the user manual - and often I spend some time with "Show me how" on other topics, than the ones, that I am actually working with - always learning new ways and getting new bright ideas.
Searching a little in the Help Indexes (in my surplus time :-) ) also gives many good explanations.
Keeping most of the user manual on-line also ensures, that it is properly updated, and not obsolete after a few months in my deskdrawer.
And yes, the software is wonderful. I checked several products for many days before deciding for SONY. Besides the many features it is relaxing not to have to save the work every 3-5 minutes expecting the next crash - and the next :-)...
Google shows several books on this topic.

Elmo27376 wrote on 12/11/2004, 11:12 AM

I have edited a 53 page manual for SMS. If you have high speed internet connection I'll be glad to email it to you. It has a Table of Contents but I haven't had time to make an index yet.
Ken

kdhodge@nc.rr.com