Tutorials in HelpThe Help system for each Adobe CS2 product includes several step-by-step tutorials on key features and concepts. These tutorials are also available in the complete, printable, PDF version of the Help contents, included on the Resources and Extras CD.
To use these tutorials with the product, select the tutorial you want from the Contents pane in Adobe Help Center, and click the View icon to switch to Compact view. Compact view keeps the Help window on top of the application windows, regardless of what window or application is selected. Drag an edge or a corner of the Help window to resize it.
Total Training Video Workshop CD
Presented by experts in their fields, Total Training videos provide overviews, demos of key new features, and many useful tips and techniques for beginning and advanced users. Look for accompanying step-by-step instructions to selected Total Training videos in monthly updates to Adobe Studio.
Short Total Training web videos on a variety of products and topics are also available in Adobe Studio, and complete Total Training courseware can be purchased online from the Adobe Store.
Adobe Studio
Adobe Studio provides a huge wealth of tips and tricks, tutorials, and instructional content in video, Adobe PDF, and HTML, authored by experts from Adobe and its publishing partners. You can search the entire collection or sort by product, topic, date, and type of content; new content is added monthly. Adobe Studio is available in English, French, German, and Japanese.
Technical information
The Technical information folder on the Resources and Extras CD included with your Adobe product includes several useful documents in PDF, fully searchable and optimized for printing. These documents provide conceptual and reference material on various in-depth topics, such as scripting, transparency, and high-end printing. For complete developer documentation and resources, visit the Developers area of the Adobe website at http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/main.html. For additional backgrounders and instructional content, visit Adobe Studio.
The Resources and Extras CD also includes the entire Help content optimized for printing. Note that the Help content includes everything in the printed Adobe user guides, plus much more.
Other resources
Additional sources of information and help are available for Adobe products.
Visit the Training area of the Adobe website for access to Adobe Press books; online, video, and instructor-led training resources; Adobe software certification programs; and more.
Visit the Adobe user forums, where users share tips, ask questions, and find out how others are getting the most out of their software. User forums are available in English, French, German, and Japanese on the main Support page of your local Adobe website.
Visit the Support area of the Adobe website for additional information about free and paid technical support options. Top issues are listed by product on the Adobe U.S. and Adobe Japan websites.
Visit the Developers area of the Adobe website to find information for software and plug-in developers, including SDKs, scripting guides, and technical resources.
Click More Resources in Adobe Help Center to access many of the resources on the Adobe website and to create your own list of frequently visited user groups and websites and valuable contacts.
Look in Bridge Center for RSS feeds on the latest technical announcements, tutorials, and events. To access Bridge Center, select it in the Favorites panel in Adobe Bridge. (Bridge Center is available with Adobe Creative Suite only.)
Extras
The Resources and Extras CD included with your CS2 product includes a Goodies folder that contains bonus content and files for use with your Adobe product. For more free content and add-ons, visit Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products. To visit Adobe Studio Exchange, go to Adobe Studio from the home page of the Adobe website.
In addition, your CS2 product includes Adobe Stock Photos, an integrated service available within Adobe Bridge that lets you search, view, try, and buy royalty-free stock photography from leading stock libraries. Because of the tight integration between Stock Photos and CS2 products, you can download images directly into your Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, and Adobe GoLive® projects. From Photoshop, you can open any downloaded image.
Other downloads
The Downloads area of the Adobe website includes free updates, tryouts, and other useful software. In addition, the Plug-ins section of the Adobe Store provides access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party developers, helping you automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more.
