Manuals are always tricky for all the reasons that mickmca states - not that I'm defending any of them. But as Poser 5 wasn't working when it shipped, imagine what state it must have been in when the manual was released to press? While it's not a particularly good manual, particularly for reference use, I'm somewhat surprised it's as close to the actual product as it is :-O I have never been able to figure out why, with all the other cost cutting (off-shore development, rushed integration, skipped testing, premature release) Poser 5 has a PRINTED manual. Manual books are EXPENSIVE, printing, shipping and the time elemnet mickmca refers too. Would have made much more sense to just have a PDF version - could have had at least 1 month's more editing, and resulted in more "instant cash" return to boot. True the PDF version posted to CL's site was a little more up-to-date, but mostly fixes reported by the EVM not actual editing to ensure consistency with the product work. But then there are many things I don't understand about Poser 5's gestation, and probably never will...