New to Rev & Use-Rev List - Some Questions - RevMentor

[Mark Srebnik]

Thanks for the big welcome and all your input, Jacqueline. Appreciate all
your help and suggestions!

on 9/13/08 10:21 PM, J. Landman Gay at jacque at hyperactivesw.com wrote:

> Mark Srebnik wrote:
>> Greetings Revolutionistas*,
>> 
>> Just discovered the Use-Rev List....wanted to jump in and say "Hello" to
>> everyone and also get some input from this illustrious group.
> 
> Hello, and big welcome. This is the best place you could have found for
> Rev help. Oh, and you can call us just about anything you want, we're
> easy. :)
> 
> I'll just hit a couple of your questions:
> 
>> 
>> 2) Rev ­ Download vs Boxed Version
>> 
>> It¹s not clear to me from Rev¹s website what¹s included in boxed version
>> besides Rev CD. Do you get a printed copy of the user guide too? Or anything
>> else? Otherwise, seems like just easier/cheaper just to get download
>> version.
> 
> Go the download route. The only thing you get in the boxed version that
> isn't in the download is...the box. It's a very nice box though.
> 
>> 
>> 3) Rev Printed User Guide
>> 
>> Any recommendations for getting the printed user guide or do most people
>> just use the electronic version?
> 
> Most use the electronic. The printed version is the identical, only
> paper. If you are the type who likes a book open in front of you while
> you work, the printed docs are great. Otherwise the built-in electronic
> ones are fine, and have the added advantage of being searchable.
> 
>> 
>> 4) Learning Rev Strategy
>> 
>> Do you recommend just working through the included tutorials and other
>> materials that comes with Rev and then working on your own projects or ??
> 
> All of the above. Then, work through these in order:
> 
> http://support.runrev.com/scriptingconferences/
> 
> These are a set of tutorials designed specifically for the beginning
> Revolutionary, and they work through all the concepts from ground zero
> on up. They were originally presented by many of the pros here during
> live online sessions a couple of years ago. You can read transcripts of
> the online sessions at the back of each stack. They were designed as
> primers.
> 
> So glad to see you here, and don't be afraid to ask even the most
> elementary questions. You'll get tons of answers, this is a fantastic group.
 
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