Customer Rating:  
Summary: Not worth the paper it is printed on
Comment: The reviewer from Boston is right. This book is little more than a re-write of the manual, and is a waste of money.Worse, it isn't even a good re-write. The book suffers from a problem that too many software books have: it assumes that the reader has never seen a modern piece of software. Does anyone *really* need instruction on "Navigating the Menu Bar"? (pp. 29 - 42) If you need to be told how to open and close files with the file menu, you're already way out of your league and need to get a basic Windows/MacOS book. The first 100 pages of the book are so much wasted paper. Unfortunately, the subsequent 500 pages aren't much better. Instructions are poorly designed and disjointed -- and there are errors throughout the book. I lost count of how many times I had to re-read sections thinking I'd missed something because what was on my screen didn't match what Lee described, only to discover that I hadn't missed anything -- Lee had.
Customer Rating:
Summary: visually helpful examples
Comment: so far it looks like this new edition is a total rewrite of the previous. I prefer to learn new software with stepbystep examples combined with screenshots and this book is it! recommended!
Customer Rating:
Summary: helpful and informative
Comment: I was looking for a book that has some hands-on examples of the newer features in Fireworks 4. This book is broken up into four parts. I found the second half of the book particularly helpful with helpful coverage of the JavaScript based web elements that can be put together in fireworks. The sample files included with the book are another bonus.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Oh boy. Another rewrite of the manual.
Comment: Don't bother with this unless you pirated the software. Then you deserve whatever you ger.
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