Adobe photoshop elements User Manual

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Installing and Learning 
Adobe Photoshop Elements
 
elcome to the Adobe
 
®
 
 Photoshop
 
®
 
 
Elements application, an easy-to-use 
yet powerful image-editing, photo-
retouching, and Web-graphics solution. Adobe 
Photoshop Elements software offers robust 
features designed specifically for amateur photog-
raphers, hobbyists, and business users who want to 
create professional-quality images for print and 
the Web. 
 
Registration
 
Adobe is confident you will find that its software 
greatly increases your productivity and enables 
you to explore your creativity. So that Adobe can 
continue to provide you with the highest quality 
software, offer technical support, and inform you 
about new Photoshop Elements software develop-
ments, please register your application.
When you first start the Adobe Photoshop 
Elements application, you’re prompted to register 
online. You can choose to submit the form directly 
or fax a printed copy. You can also register by 
filling out and returning the registration card 
included with your software package.
 
Installing Adobe Photoshop 
Elements
 
You must install the Photoshop Elements appli-
cation from the Adobe Photoshop Elements CD 
onto your hard drive; you cannot run the program 
from the CD.
Follow the on-screen installation instructions. 
For more detailed information, see the 
 
How_to_Install.wri
 
 (Windows
 
®
 
) or
 
 
How_to_Install.txt 
 
(Mac
 
®
 
 OS) file on the CD.
 
Learning Adobe Photoshop 
Elements
 
Adobe provides a variety of options for you to 
learn Photoshop Elements, including a printed 
user guide, online Help, Hints, Recipes, tutorials, 
and tool tips. You can also use the free Adobe 
Online service to easily access a host of continually 
updated Web resources for learning Photoshop 
Elements, from tips and tutorials to technical 
support information. 
Adobe Acrobat
 
®
 
 Reader
 
 
 software, included on the 
Photoshop Elements CD, lets you view Adobe 
Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Acrobat 
Reader or Acrobat is required to view some of the 
documents included on this CD.
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