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Searching_For_Answers [2015/08/04 11:06] ccstone [So. You wanna know how to do something with Keyboard Maestro?] |
Searching_For_Answers [2015/12/14 20:03] JMichaelTX Add links to KM forum and Forum topic |
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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: |
| * 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. | + | * [TO-DO] Provide links to online manual & PDF version of manual. |
| * Use search within the Keyboard Maestro Editor to try to find related actions. | * 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. | * Spend at least 5-10 minutes searching within the forum itself and with Google. | ||
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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]] |
| - | Users tend to say something like: | + | That seems like a no-brainer right? |
| - | "How do I move a file to my Pictures folder?" | + | 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. |
| - | 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, 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... |
| - | But then the questioner comes back and says it's Path Finder, or Capture One, or something else... | + | Valuable time gets wasted this way — your time and that of the people who try to help you. |
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| - | Valuable time gets wasted this way — yours and the person's who tried to help you. | + | |
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