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Using Adobe Online


Adobe Online provides access to the latest products and features that expand your application's power, including professional services from Adobe and our partners. Bookmarks are also included to take you quickly to noteworthy Adobe and Photoshop Elements-related sites.

Through Adobe Online, you'll find the following information about how to use and update Photoshop Elements:
  • Step-by-step tutorials.
  • Quick tips that provide fast answers to common problems.
  • Updates, patches, and plug-ins.
  • Photoshop Elements Top Issues containing the latest Photoshop Elements technical support solutions.
  • Technical guides.
  • A searchable database of answers to technical questions.
  • Links to user forums.

    • Adobe Online is constantly changing, so you should click Refresh before you use it. Refreshing through Adobe Online updates bookmarks and buttons so you can quickly access the most current content available. You can use preferences to automatically refresh Adobe Online daily, weekly, or monthly.

    When you set up Adobe Online to connect to your Web browser, Adobe can either notify you whenever new information for Adobe Online is available or automatically download that information to your hard disk and install it. If you choose not to use the automatic download feature, you can still view and download new Adobe Online files whenever they are available by using the Refresh command.

    To use Adobe Online:

    1 In Photoshop Elements, choose Help > Adobe Online, or click the Adobe icon in the shortcuts bar.

    Note: You must have an Internet connection and an Internet browser installed. Adobe Online will launch your browser using your default Internet configuration.

    2 Do one of the following:
  • Click Refresh to make sure you have the latest version of the Adobe Online window and its buttons, as well as the latest bookmarks. It is important to refresh the screen so that the current options are available for you to choose from.
  • Click Preferences to specify connection options. General preferences affect how Adobe Online interacts with all Adobe products installed on your system, and Application preferences affect how Adobe Online interacts with Photoshop Elements. To see an explanation of each preference option, click Setup and follow the prompts. You can also set up an automatic refresh using the Update Options.
  • Click any button in the Adobe Online window to open the Web page to which the button is linked.
  • Click the bookmark button () to view suggested Web sites related to Photoshop Elements and Adobe. These bookmarks are automatically updated as new Web sites become available.
  • Click Close to return to Photoshop Elements.

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