While I respect your opinion, I have to say I find the P5 Manual to be an incredible improvement over the one that came with P4. If it doesn't give enough attention to parts of P5 that you're having trouble with, I'd tend to suspect it's due to the densely sophisticated nature of the program. Have you tried actually reading the Manual through? Quite possibly you did, but most artistic users tend to just skim or browse the docs for a program before diving in. I've only gone thru a couple of sections in any depth myself (as I'm moving this month), but what I've read has been very readable and informative. I'm actually eager to find the time to read it more thoroughly. Just my 2 cents worth: As always, opposing opinions expected & encouraged... Cheers!