Contribute CS3/CS4 books

Hi all,
I am looking for Contribute CS3/CS4 books to recommend to some of my end users. Doing a search on Amazon doesn't really provide much (specifically most Contribute titles are for Contribute 3 from 2003!). Are there any books out there for use????
Thanks,
Randy

This probably isn't the answer you're looking for, but ...
FWIW, my end users initially requested books or other resources because they were concerned about how long it would take for them to learn Contribute. But after giving them a short training where I described the similarities between Contribute and MS Word and showed them the Contribute help screens, the users didn't need anything else. They occasionally call me with a question, but that's to be expected.
Kathy

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Can you please try clearing the Contribute Preferences and try again?
How to clear Contribute Preferences?
Here are the steps how to clear the Contribute Preferences:
For Win, Contribute CS4
1) Quit Contribute.
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LOCKED thread.
It doesn't seem to like any variable added. Am I doing
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Was allowed to upgrade from contribute cs3 to contribute cs5 where can i get the download from cs5

was allowed to upgrade from contribute cs3 to contribute cs5 where can i get the download for cs5

Downloads available:
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/tmp
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I am steaming - Thru CS3 - CS4 and now CS5 Fireworks is crap

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xgarth
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File size comparisons, InDesign CS3, CS4 and CS5?

Hi, all.
It seems there was a trend for several major releases where each time Adobe released a new version of InDesign and InCopy, average file sizes grew by 20% or so from the old release to the new release, at least back in the older CS days. Has this trend continued, such that file sizes in CS4 are substantially larger than file sizes from CS3, and CS5 files are substantially larger than those from CS4?
Adobe, of course, wants to keep writing functionality that will keep the user community coming back to buy in to upgrades. The added functionality sometimes comes at a cost beyond the price tag. If file sizes are larger in a newer version, then page saves over a network or to a database are likely to be slower, and user productivity takes a hit while users are waiting for files to be saved.
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Thanks.
Mark

The overall structure of ID's files have been exactly the same for -- as far as I can see back -- CS. No change at all, in there.
There have been significant additions to the 'global' spaces; stuff like InCopy user data, table styles, object styles, and cross references. Each of these add a major chunk of data to each file, whether you use it or not, plus a few bytes per object (again, whether you use them or not -- ID also needs to know where you did not use them, that's why). I think these might be the main source of 'global' file size increase (a single object style in one of my files, for example, eats up a healthy chunk of 11,482 bytes).
For the rest, all new stuff like 'span columns' is a handful of bytes per paragraph style. Tracking changes may very well double the size of text runs -- but 1 character takes up 1 byte of storage (plus perhaps some overhead of indicating its 'tracking' status). Any single measurement unit always uses 8 bytes at least (for example, the left inset for a column span -- even if it's not used, or set to 0pt).
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