TMG-L Archives

Archiver > TMG > 2001-08 > 0998428209


From: Linda Kralman-Lambert <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] HELP!!
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:10:09 -0700
References: <77.19c087a8.28b3425d@aol.com><3B82BC20.2DDCCF34@mindspring.com>
In-Reply-To: <3B82CBA2.4F2580E8@infoave.net>


Pat and all.....

What helped me immensely was finding a local users' group and picking their
brains!!! Between that and this mail list, I managed to tread water until
I learned what TMG was all about. To tell the truth, at that time, we
didn't have a local users group, so we made one!

Find a local TMG user's group and use that in conjunction with this mail
list and the instruction book. You'll have it down pat in no time (no pun
intended)

Linda



At 03:59 PM 8/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Pat,
>
>Although you expressed some things that have been expressed many
>times, I liked your message. I felt the part below was special.
>
> wrote:
> >
> > I think one of the most frustrating things is so
> > many things to learn at one time. The manual is not all that great for
> > helping and you don't know enough to work out a logical system to learn.
> > Sources, citations, sentence structure, computer knowledge,
> > terminology, and a host of other things hit you in the face as soon as
> > you start trying to use the program.
>
>IMO, "you don't know enough to work out a logical system to learn."
>is key to the entire problem. For the most part, the answers are in
>the manuals or in help but the beginner has to reach a certain level
>of understanding to be able to use the available resources.
>
>I believe that Norb's shell concept would address the problem of a
>host of things hitting the beginner in the face. I don't believe it
>can provide "a logical system to learn." The Getting Started Manual
>does not really provide a logical system for learning either. It is
>about TMG features and their use but not about a learning system.
>
>We have a wide variety of occupations on this list. I wonder if
>some, who are currently involved in writing lessen plans, could
>assist some beginners in forming a logical system for beginners to
>learn TMG? Long ago I did have to make lessen plans. More recently
>I was a beginner with TMG. Unfortunatly I have forgotten too much
>about both topics to formulate a plan and I hope someone can help
>with this. That is, if you agree with Pat as I do. I would like to
>hear the thoughts of other beginners. Would a logical learning
>system be a big help?
>
>Richard Brøgger
>
>
>==== TMG Mailing List ====
>.


This thread: