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A 600 page PDF manual...with NO contents page?!



Are you kidding me?

It does have a table of contents. In the pdf viewer there is usually an option to expand the sidebar which will show either thumbnails, table of contents, whatever is an option in any given document (some have more options than others)

Nope, they are NOT kidding you.

They should switch to HTML help, much more convienent to browse while on the machine.

For printing out PDF is ok though.

K1D1M35N wrote:They should switch to HTML help, much more convienent to browse while on the machine.

Not so useful on an e-book reader though.

No contents page; but Chapter 1 is a guide to the contents; there a long and detailed list of html bookmarks and the whole text is hyperlinked which basically makes it a decent html guide. Also a decentish index. I find I can find what I am looking for fairly easily, on the all too rare occasions when I RTFM.

In general the Manual could be more informative. I find it is accurate as a documentation of the features, but crucial aspects of how the software behaves (e.g. the browser) could be described in a lot more detail.

OK - found that contents in side tab. Still, it is customary (not to mention VERY helpful) to include a hyperlinked contents page within the content of a PDF.

Also, not having a contents page makes the document pretty useless if someone should want to print out a portion of it.

Anyway - does anyone know how to adjust the sensitivity of Pushs pads - couldn't find it in the manual.

Citizen wrote:OK - found that contents in side tab. Still, it is customary (not to mention VERY helpful) to include a hyperlinked contents page within the content of a PDF.

Also, not having a contents page makes the document pretty useless if someone should want to print out a portion of it.

Anyway - does anyone know how to adjust the sensitivity of Pushs pads - couldn't find it in the manual.

Not sure what page number it is in the manual you have (as pages have been added with new beta releases) but it is there in the Using Push section under 'Setting User Preferences' (its 27.10 in my user manual) -you can expand the sidebar table of contents wherever there is an arrow, it drills down pretty specifically.
Also there is this:
https://www.ableton.com/en/help/learn-push/

or you could search for "sensitivity" in your PDF reader...