Reading adobe help is like reading a bible

Hi,  OK, I am new to adobe illustrator, but I have experience with photoshop elements 9, I worked and got paid for using CAD Accumark Gerber system to draft apparel technical patterns when I had no clue how to use that software but it was easy to follow the system onboard help menu.  I am studying Adobe Illustrator by myself with a book.  I am stuck, the menu Help is written like a bible, just technical language, no image, no example. We are not all geekies and experts here.  Please Adobe! be more user friendly in your Help guides.

iwebstudent wrote:
I am stuck, the menu Help is written like a bible, just technical language, no image, no example. We are not all geekies and experts here.  Please Adobe! be more user friendly in your Help guides.
[scott w] wrote:
....... random comment about how the help files don't include fantastical stories about a magical zombie...... Wish they did, might make them more entertaining.
Here is a thread where the multitude of atheists and heathens can express direct feedback to the wonderful world of using pictures, no faith required then I guess, aside from Adobe being Adobe which requires more faith than most things now days. (2nd Cor. 5:7).
Participate in visual research for future Illustrator help content!
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5732870
People were so excited with this announcement from Adobe, that no one even responded.

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