One amusing thing I've noticed about the manual (well, at least in the older ones like Poser 3 ~ I haven't bothered to read the Poser 4 one much because I really didn't need it) is that you can tell where they copied and pasted sections in later parts of the book, because the same typos are repeated. The fact is, they really didn't put much time or thought into the manual. I think it was slapped together in a hurry by the people who knew Poser inside out (those who created the program) and didn't consider that someone who had never seen Poser wouldn't know the first thing about it. I hope Poser 5 will have a completely new manual that isn't just a reprint of the old one with the new stuff added. Melanie