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Searching_For_Answers [2015/08/04 11:03]
ccstone [So. You wanna know how to do something with Keyboard Maestro?]
Searching_For_Answers [2015/08/04 11:10]
ccstone [How to post a question on the Keyboard Maestro Forum]
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 Before you post a question to the forum please: Before you post a question to the forum please:
  
-A) Spend a little time looking through the Keyboard Maestro manual. +  * Spend a little time looking through the Keyboard Maestro manual. 
-     [] Provide links to online 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. 
-B) 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.
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-C) Spend at least 5-10 minutes searching within the forum itself and with Google.+
  
 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. 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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 ===== 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. +That seems like a no-brainer right?
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-Users tend to say something like:+
  
-"How do I move file to my Pictures folder?"​+Not so — posting ​well thought out question with sufficient information ​to answer it in one go is not always as easy as it seems.
  
-They don'​t ​mention what app they want to do this in.+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.
  
 The normal assumption would be the Finder. The normal assumption would be the Finder.