Studying for ACE Exam

Hello all,
I can't afford to take classes to prepare for the Adobe
RoboHelp ACE exam, and my company won't pay for classes either.
Therefore, what's the best way to study without taking courses?
Should I buy Siegel's RH 7 book? If I study everything here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/robohelp/,
would that help me? I was also thinking of combing the online Help
for RH 7. Thoughts? Advice? Thanks in advance.

Hi LaKisha
The best way IMHO is to simply play with RoboHelp. Be
familiar with all its nooks and crannies. The Siegel book *MAY*
help you but it wasn't designed to prepare for the exam. It was
designed to help a total noob learn RoboHelp enough to be
productive with it.
Cheers... Rick

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