Pro 2014 has but i'm guessing 10 has it also ,Quick Reference Card.pdf and 34 page quick start.

I doubt anyone reads the 800+ paged encyclopedia

  there's the web n youtube tutorials and webinars there's a smithmicro graphics youtube subscription.

 

I have read a large chunk of the manual, OK I know that sounds sad but I had a very long wait at Accident and Emergency and the only thing I had with me was a my newly acquired Kindle and that only had the manual I had transferred over.  Main point is though, it did not help much, as a reference when you are stuck, it certainly has it's uses but reading it from end to end in the hope you will be able to use Poser I do not think in a realistic goal. From experience I have found video tutorials and the forums are the best sources for learning Poser.  I have tried a few free tutorials, some are great and some are so old they just make the job of learning harder.  I have used the tutorials from Ironman13 and Fugazi1968 for sale here at Rendo, the 'Poser Beginner to Advanced' and 'Poser 10 and Pro 2014 New Features'  I found particularly useful.  The are not cheap but if any new starter has the budget for them they will save so much time and frustration.

Tutorials, free or purchased will at least give you enough info to know what questions to ask in the forums, which can be half the battle sometimes.  While on forums here is a little tip for the one here at Rendo.  If you are going to use 'cut and paste' try it first before you type an very long question for you might find that when you past all of your typing has gone for ever.  I started this reply a good while ago and I was tempted not to start all over again.

 

 

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.