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Accessing Adobe Online through the Help menu


    The Help menu includes options to view and download information from the Adobe Web site.

To view updated articles or documents:

    Click Help and choose the topic you want to view.

To view and download information from the Adobe Web site using the Help menu:

  1. In Photoshop or ImageReady, choose Edit > Preferences > Adobe Online (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Photoshop > Preferences > Adobe Online (Mac OS X).
  2. Choose an item from the Check for Updates pop-up menu to determine how often Photoshop launches an automatic update.

  3. Choose Help > Updates.
  4. Select a View Option:
    • Select New Updates to view only the files that are new since the last time you viewed downloadable files or were notified of them.
    • Select All Updates to view all the files on Adobe's Web site that are currently available.
  5. To see a description of a file, click on a filename and view its description in the Item Description section.
  6. To see the location where a file will be installed if downloaded, select a file and view its location in the Download Location section. To change the location, click Choose.
  7. To download a file, click the check box and then click Download.
  8. To close the Adobe Product Updates dialog box, click Close.