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Searching_For_Answers [2015/08/04 10:58] ccstone [So. You wanna know how to do something with Keyboard Maestro?] |
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| - | Before you post a question to the forum please: | + | Before you post a question to the [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/|Keyboard Maestro Forum]] please: |
| - | A) Spend a little time looking through the Keyboard Maestro manual. | + | * Spend a little time looking through the Keyboard Maestro manual. |
| + | * [TO-DO] Provide links to online manual & PDF version of manual. | ||
| + | * Use search within the Keyboard Maestro Editor to try to find related actions. | ||
| + | * Spend at least 5-10 minutes searching within the forum itself and with Google. | ||
| - | B) Use search within the Keyboard Maestro Editor to try to find related actions. | + | Even if you don't find what you're looking for you'll improve your knowledge of how to use Keyboard Maestro, and there's a good chance you'll ask better questions on the forum because of it. |
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| - | C) Spend at least 5-10 minutes searching within the forum itself and with Google. | + | |
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| - | Even if you don't find what you're looking for you'll improve your knowledge of how to use Keyboard Maestro, and chances are that you'll ask better question on the forum because of it. | + | |
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| ===== How to post a question on the Keyboard Maestro Forum ===== | ===== How to post a question on the Keyboard Maestro Forum ===== | ||
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| - | That seems like a no-brainer right? Not so. Posting a well thought out question with sufficient information to answer it in one go is not always as easy as it seems. | + | See [[Forum|Using the Keyboard Maestro Forum]] |
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| - | Users tend to say something like: | + | |
| - | "How do I move a file to my Pictures folder?" | + | That seems like a no-brainer right? |
| - | They don't mention what app they want to do this in. | + | Not so — posting a well thought out question with sufficient information to answer it in one go is not always as easy as it seems. |
| - | The normal assumption would be the Finder. | + | Users tend to say something like: "How do I move a file to my Pictures folder?" and fail to mention what app they want to do this in. |
| - | But then the questioner comes back and says it's Path Finder, or Capture One, or something else... | + | The normal assumption would be the Finder, and one or two or five people come up with helpful solutions — but then the questioner comes back and says it's Path Finder, or Capture One, or something else... |
| - | Valuable time gets wasted this way — yours and the person's who tried to help you. | + | Valuable time gets wasted this way — your time and that of the people who try to help you. |
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