There are many topics I'd like to research, but no online general information I can find. Since you don't know where you want to go at that point, you never get anywhere. Instead you have to ask an expert a series of questions, where the expert interprets what you're after.

It's like trying to research a possible thesis topic without beingĪble to read the source material yourself. I'm often asked to describe what I've done and what happened (when I haven't done anything yet) or what I'm trying to accomplish (when I may be trying to find what's possible to accomplish). It's difficult to frame a general question in advance clearly enough to get information that will be applicable to and usable by me, especially when I'm trying to get basic understanding before experimenting or trying things. Often things happen I don't want and then I have to get help with a mess. Maybe it's a generational thing, but I don't like pressing keys, making selections or initiating actions when I'm not clear what is supposed to happen as a result. The Windows community does many good things, but it does =not= serve this function.

There's no equivalent anymore for Windows, not Remember, anyone, back in the olden days when software came with user manuals? There never was much printed for operating systems, but they usually came with help files that installed on the local hard drive.

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