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Documentation and where is it?
Documentation, so I downloaded it from the CCC but can't find it. Searched the help from within Plat. Searched the hard drive for "Ipswich" , PDF and by date nothing related for a recent date. What's it called and where can it be found?
post edited by Dave000 - 2015/09/22 23:06:00
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/22 23:06:09
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I had the same issue & did all the same steps. I ended up downloading from the CW website. But I am curious to know where this supposedly ended up on my hard drive too!
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/23 11:27:19
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So is anyone from Cakewalk on here any longer?
Seems this is a real question that needs an answer...
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/23 15:58:26
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I'm in the same boat as you guys. Where did the downloaded documentation go?
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/23 16:49:16
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☄ Helpfulby robert_e_bone 2015/09/23 17:03:22
Try here:
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR Platinum
There should be 2 pdf files, one is the Sonar Reference Guide, the other is the Sonar User Guide
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/23 17:03:25
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I find both PDF files at the above location, so that would seem to be the right spot.
I don't know why there wouldn't be an option to create a desktop shortcut for the documentation files when they get downloaded, nor do I understand why it wouldn't give a bit of info on the web site as to where it would default to saving upon download.
But - at least it might be able to be found for you now.
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/23 17:22:29
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yep... once you locate them, might wanna right click, create shortcut and drag this onto your desktop. Even better yet, you can Drag the reference and users guides over to your "Start" listing and pin it to the upper part... I just did this. My desktop is way too cluttered.
Someone definitely should make this more visible to users...
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/23 18:31:34
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I have located the Reference Guide & User Guide @ C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR Platinum. However, they are dated 1/19/15 & 1/12/15, respectively. My version of Platinum is up to date so those dates couldn't be right. The Sonar.CHM file is dated 9/15/15. Am I missing something?
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/23 18:38:16
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Just like the prior versions of SONAR, the SONAR Reference Guide.pdf is a snapshot of the original help files included with SONAR. Only the website and chm files are updated. There is a feature request regarding the update frequency of the Reference Guide http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3244803
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/24 12:07:22
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I don't care where on my system the Docs are, I would simply like some logical consistency... where is the "Welcome_to_the_SONAR_Ipswich_Release.pdf". ??? The same way the rest of the docs have been titled.
It took 20 minuets to down load the file, where did it go?
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/24 12:12:20
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scook
Just like the prior versions of SONAR, the SONAR Reference Guide.pdf is a snapshot of the original help files included with SONAR. Only the website and chm files are updated. There is a feature request regarding the update frequency of the Reference Guide http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3244803
Right... So what was that link about? Once again Cakewalk is fixing something that was not broken to most likely free up resources for some other thing that's not broken... So now they want to send out the upgrades and then we can just wait around to understand how to use them at a later undetermined date? um, yea, ok!
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/24 12:13:19
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Checkout the first post in the announcement sticky post at top of this forum. Don't know what you thought no is fixed that wasn't broken. The most upto date help is always and has been the online help available by selecting it from the Help menu in Sonar.
post edited by mudgel - 2015/09/24 12:25:03
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/24 12:13:31
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Bristol_Jonesey
Try here:
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR Platinum
There should be 2 pdf files, one is the Sonar Reference Guide, the other is the Sonar User Guide
Old files...
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/24 12:39:04
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Dave000
Bristol_Jonesey
Try here:
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR Platinum
There should be 2 pdf files, one is the Sonar Reference Guide, the other is the Sonar User Guide
Old files...
Yes, indeed! As we know, just the 'snapshot' original user manual files at that location. I think some of us just want to easily download (or find!) user manual updates, even though we understand it's all available online. None of the dropdown menu options under 'help' in Sonar have been of much use to me. I want to accesss a properly written, indexed, and comprehensive user manual (regualarly updated), where I can easily find any given specific item that's either new to me, or forgotten. If all the help & instruction documents are online, what the hell is it that we're downloading when we click on 'download sonar local documentation'?
post edited by portesham - 2015/09/24 12:48:55
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/24 12:42:45
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portesham
what the hell is it that we're downloading when we click on 'download sonar local documentation'?
an updated chm and the old reference and user guides.
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/24 12:59:01
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an updated chm and the old reference and user guides. What's a chm? Where on our PC can we find it? Why do we need to keep downloading the old reference and user guides each time?
post edited by portesham - 2015/09/24 13:08:26
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/24 13:24:02
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The chm extension is used for compiled HTML files. It is installed in the same folder as the SONAR executable itself. It is used as the SONAR help file when an internet connection does not exist and when "Always Use Local Help" is selected in Preferences > File > Advanced.
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/24 22:42:07
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So I found the chm file, looks like an old fashion help file now... So now half the docs are going to be chm and half (the older docs) are pdf... I prefer pdf myself for a faster read. Back to chm, hunt and peck to seek features...
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Re: Documentation and where is it?
2015/09/25 03:41:04
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The chm extension is used for compiled HTML files. It is installed in the same folder as the SONAR executable itself. It is used as the SONAR help file when an internet connection does not exist and when "Always Use Local Help" is selected in Preferences > File > Advanced.
Thanks for the explanation...........now I get it! I even managed to find the latest addition about recording MIDI as audio as it was marked with a red asterix.
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