Adobe no longer includes a paper "User's Guide" with their software upgrades?

[steve...]

I just received my Adobe Illustrator CS4 upgrade and there's no manual.

Is this a new policy or did it start with CS3 (my CS2 version came with one)? I'm going to miss not having a book to read when I need it.

[Blankity Blank]

Probably replaced by the help system and maybe a PDF.

[MysteryGuest]

Adobe is the new Quark! I've started to hate them lately for one reason or another, maybe just because, that having devoured Macromedia (or vice versa) they now more of a monopoly than ever.

They collect a couple of hundred dollars and can't be bothered to print a 30-page pamphlet to make me feel better.

[rz]

Does any software come with a paper User's Guide anymore? I can't remember the last one that did.

[ka jowct]

Is this a new policy or did it start with CS3 (my CS2 version came with one)? I'm going to miss not having a book to read when I need it.

But do you really find the Adobe manuals helpful? I think that there are better 3rd-party books for at least some of the Adobe apps.

[steve...]

I have The Illustrator CS2 WOW Book that is good and taught me a lot, probably more than the manual. I guess I will have to order the CS4 edition. I just miss not having a manual included.