Here are the curent Support Manuals and Documentation for Macromedia Director MX 2004. Using Director, you can develop high-performance multimedia content and applications for CDs, DVDs, kiosks, and the Internet. Director’s product manuals are available in PDF format for download or in HTML for online viewing.

Director Support Manuals


Getting Started with Director (HTML | PDF 1816kb, 84 pages)

This support manual, Getting Started with Director contains the essential information that you need to get started, including information about installing the latest version of Director. This manual also guides you through the workspace and offers a tutorial, designed for those who are new to Director.

This free Director book contains the following chapters:

• Introduction
• Configuring Director
• Getting to Know the Workspace
• Building Your First Basic Movie

Using Director (HTML | PDF 5901kb, 500 pages)

Using Director explains how to use all of the features and functionality offered in Director. This is a printed version of the electronic documentation included with the product. This support manual includes comprehensive descriptions and detailed step-by-step instructions that explain how to use all of the features in Director.

This free Director book contains the following chapters:

• Score, Stage, and Cast
• Sprites
• Animation
• Bitmaps
• Vector Shapes
• Color, Tempo, and Transitions
• Text
• Using Flash, Flash Components, and Other Interactive Media Types
• Sound and Synchronization
• Using Digital Video
• Behaviors
• Navigation and User Interaction
• 3D Basics
• The 3D Cast Member, 3D Text, and 3D Behaviors
• Working with Models and Model Resources
• Controlling the 3D World
• Movies in a Window
• Using the XML Parser Xtra
• Making Director Movies Accessible
• Managing Memory
• Managing and Testing Director Projects
• Packaging Movies for Distribution
• Using Shockwave Player

Director Scripting Reference (HTML | PDF )

Director Scripting Reference provides a complete reference of the Director application programming interfaces (APIs), including both Lingo and JavaScript syntax. This is a printed version of the electronic documentation included with the product. This reference manual provides conceptual and how-to information about scripting in Director, and also provides reference descriptions and examples for the scripting application programming interfaces (APIs) that you use to write scripts.

This free Director book contains the following chapters:

• Introduction
• Director Scripting Essentials
• Writing Scripts in Director
• Debugging Scripts in Director
• Director Core Objects
• Media Types
• Scripting Objects
• 3D Objects
• Constants
• Events and Messages
• Keywords
• Methods
• Operators
• Properties

Using Director MX 2004 Behaviors

Behaviors are prewritten Lingo scripts that allow you to quickly add interactivity to your movies. This Director tutorial will teach you about the behaviors included in Director MX 2004.
Building Your First 3D Movie in Director

Learn the skills you need to build 3D effects in a Director movie, including creating 3D text, using behaviors to rotate a model, changing camera angles, and enabling navigation. 
Download a printable version of Building Your First 3D Movie in Director, including the tutorial’s collateral material. (.zip, 1.6MB)

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This new software tutorial web site, In Pictures, hosts and offers free online Microsoft Office Tutorials. This blog post details and links to their free PowerPoint 2003 Tutorials. These PowerPoint tutorials will help you learn how to use  Microsoft PowerPoint 2003. The tutorials on this site are based on pictures, or illustrations and screen shots demonstrating the tasks and features being taught. These software tutorials were developed as part of a research study performed for the U.S. Department of Education. Every user who completed  these illustrated PowerPoint tutorials reported that they were able to learn and understand PowerPoint more quickly and easily compared to using traditional software training methods.

These PowerPoint tutorials are based on the following learning and training techniques:

• The simpler, the better. Multimedia animations may look like cutting edge, but they can be hard to follow. That’s why these tutorials use static screenshots that show exactly where to click
  
• Black-and-white is better than color. Color screenshots can create an effect that makes it difficult to focus, while black-and-white screenshots do not.
  
• Tasks are more important than features. Most people care about tasks - the things they want to do. That’s why these tutorials focus on common tasks.
  
• Projects aid understanding. When people do mini-projects, they see how things fit together, and learn new things based on what they’ve learned before.
  

PowerPoint 2003 Tutorials using Pictures

Creating a Presentation

• Create a slidePowerPoin
• Add new slides
• Insert pictures
• Format text
• Format pictures
• Preview a presentation

Customizing Presentations

• Insert tables and charts
• Employ design templates
• Employ a master slide
• Rearrange slides

Working with Animation

• Animate text
• Animate graphics
• Create slide transitions
• Advance slides automatically

Preparing Live Presentations

• Add speaker notes
• Create handouts
• Make presentations portable

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This new software tutorial web site, In Pictures, hosts and offers free online Software Tutorials. This blog post details and links to their free Dreamweaver 8 Tutorials. These Dreamweaver tutorials will help you learn how to use  Microsoft Dreamweaver 8. The tutorials on this site are based on pictures, or illustrations and screen shots demonstrating the tasks and features being taught. These software tutorials were developed as part of a research study performed for the U.S. Department of Education. Every user who completed  these illustrated Dreamweaver tutorials reported that they were able to learn and understand Dreamweaver more quickly and easily compared to using traditional software training methods.

These Dreamweaver tutorials are based on the following learning and training techniques:

• The simpler, the better. Multimedia animations appear cool, but they can be hard to follow. That’s why these tutorials use static screenshots that show exactly where to click
  
• Black-and-white is better than color. Color screenshots can create an effect that makes it difficult to focus, while black-and-white screenshots do not.
  
• Tasks are more important than features. Most people care about tasks - the things they want to do. That’s why these tutorials focus on common tasks.
  
• Projects aid understanding. When people do mini-projects, they see how things fit together, and learn new things based on what they’ve learned before.

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Dreamweaver Basics

• Set up a Web site
• Employ style sheets
• Format text
• Create links
• Insert graphics
• Link multiple pages
• Change colors

Navigation & Layout

• Lay out pages using CSS
• Create navigation bars
• Employ multiple levels

Utilities

• Find and replace
• Check spelling
• Check for broken links

Interactivity

• Create forms
• Employ templates
• Upload to a Web server

Advanced Layout

• Employ background graphics
• Employ style classes
• Create rollover effects
• Specify page margins

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This new software tutorial web site, In Pictures, hosts and offers free online computer Tutorials. This blog post details and links to their free HTML and CSS Tutorials. These HTML and CSS tutorials will help you learn how to use HTML and CSS. The tutorials on this site are based on pictures, or illustrations and screen shots demonstrating the tasks and features being taught. These software tutorials were developed as part of a research study performed for the U.S. Department of Education. Every user who completed  these illustrated HTML and CSS tutorials reported that they were able to learn and understand HTML and CSS more quickly and easily compared to using traditional software training methods.

 
HTML & CSS Tutorials using Pictures


HTML Basics

• Create Web pages
• Employ style sheets
• Format text
• Create links
• Insert graphics
• Link multiple pages
• Change colors

Navigation & Layout

• Lay out pages using CSS
• Create navigation bars
• Employ multiple levels

Interactivity

• Employ forms
• Upload to a Web server

Advanced Layout

• Employ background graphics
• Employ style classes
• Create rollover effects
• Specify page margins

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These Access tutorials are based on the following learning and training techniques:

• The simpler, the better. Multimedia animations may look like cutting edge, but they can be hard to follow. That’s why these tutorials use static screenshots that show exactly where to click
  
• Black-and-white is better than color. Color screenshots can create an effect that makes it difficult to focus, while black-and-white screenshots do not.
  
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• Projects aid understanding. When people do mini-projects, they see how things fit together, and learn new things based on what they’ve learned before.
  

Access 2003 Tutorials using Pictures


Database Basics

• Create a new database
• Create tables
• Create records
• Create forms
• Create queries
• Create reports

Working with Tables

• Modify tables
• Create new tables
• Specify data types
• Specify field properties
• Edit records
• Find records
• Sort and filter records
• Create table relationships

Working With Forms

• Modify forms
• Add/delete records
• Edit records
• Find records
• Filter records

Working with Queries

• Create queries
• Sort results
• Add criteria
• Employ Boolean operators
• Find duplicate records
• Create Update queries
• Create Delete queries

Working with Reports

• Format reports
• Create mailing labels

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This new software tutorial web site, In Pictures, hosts and offers the following free online Microsoft Publisher 2003 Tutorials. These Publisher tutorials will help you learn how to use many of the features of Microsoft Publisher 2003. These tutorials are based on screen shots that demonstrate the tasks and features being taught. These In Pictures software tutorials were developed as part of a research study performed for the U.S. Department of Education. They are designed to help you learn and understand the features of Publisher faster and easier versus traditional learning techniques.

Publisher 2003 Tutorials using Pictures


Publisher Basics

• Create a new document
• Work with text

Enhancing Documents

• Change colors
• Insert text boxes
• Insert pages
• Flow text to other boxes
• Format text
• Import text
• Insert graphics
• Add page numbers

Refining Documents

• Check spelling
• Change spacing
• Align/distribute graphics
• Rotate text and graphics
• Flow text around graphics
• Add tables and graphs

Brochures & Newsletters

• Create a brochure from a template
• Create a newsletter from a template
• Create a newsletter from scratch

Advanced Features

• Change defaults
• Employ autoshapes
• Employ Pack and Go
• Check design

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Excel 2003 Tutorials using Pictures


Performing Basic Calculations

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide
• Calculate averages
• Find the maximum value

Formatting Worksheets

• Format text
• Format cells
• Adjust columns and rows
• Print worksheets

Manipulating Data

• Move, copy, and paste
• Add/delete columns
• Add/delete rows
• Employ multiple worksheets
• Employ AutoFill
• Insert/delete worksheets

Advanced Calculations

• Create formulas across worksheets
• Employ absolute references
• Employ the function wizard

Making Data Visible

• Add comments
• Freeze panes
• Create charts

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This new software tutorial web site, In Pictures, hosts and offers the following free online Microsoft Word 2003 Tutorials. These Publisher tutorials will help you learn how to use msny of the features of Microsoft Publisher 2003. These tutorials are based on screen shots that demonstrate the tasks and features being taught. These In Pictures software tutorials were developed as part of a research study performed for the U.S. Department of Education. They are designed to help you learn and understand the features of Publisher faster and easier versus traditional learning techniques.

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Word Basics

• Create a new document
• Cut, copy and paste
• Format words
• Format paragraphs
• Use bullets and numbering
• Adjust page settings
• Check spelling
• View pages

Long Documents

• Format text with styles
• Find and replace
• Set tabs
• Insert breaks
• Employ headers and footers

Special Features

• Format pages in columns
• Employ drop caps
• Insert pictures
• Draw and paint
• Employ tables

Advanced Word

• Employ mail merge
• Employ templates
• Print envelopes and labels
• Use the thesaurus
• Count words
• Insert a Table of Contents

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These Photoshop Tutorials are hosted by The College of Design at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The tutorials teach you how to use Photoshop and are grouped into three areas: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. A page describing Photoshop’s tools is also linked here. This site’s aim is to provide you the understanding that you need to start or further developing your Photoshop skills.

Photoshop Tutorials from Iowa State University

Photoshop Tools – Explains the basic tools in Photoshop

Basic Level Tutorials

Use these Photoshop tutorials to start learning how to use Photoshop, and to refresh your Photoshop skills.

How to create “Pouring” Letters – Learn how to use Photoshop to create “Liquidy” letters. It will also show you how to use filters and Levels.

Pattern Making – This tutorial teaches how to use blending modes and other filters to create patterns through repetition and variation.

Creating Fabric Textures – Create a texture for a layout or 3D object.

Creating Paper Textures Using Calculations – Learn how to create a paper texture.

Intermediate Level Tutorials

These intermediate Photoshop tutorials show you how to create complex images, cell animations, backgrounds, banners, and buttons.

Creating Complex Images from Simple Images – Helps you understand filters and how to use them to create complex visual interactions.

Creating Cell Animation in Photoshop – This tutorial shows you how to create a cell animation in Photoshop.

Creating the 3 B’s (Backgrounds, Banners and Buttons) - Learn how to create web site graphics: backgrounds, banners, and buttons.

Advanced Tutorials 

Once you’ve used Photoshop for a while, you can move forward to learn more advanced image creation and editing techniques.

Alternate Selection Methods in Photoshop – This tutorial shows you a different technique from using the lasso and pen tool, for making complex selections to isolate objects 

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