User Guide

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Introduction
Using Adobe Online
Adobe Online provides access to the latest products and features that expand your appli-
cation’s power, including professional services from Adobe and our partners. Bookmarks
are also included to take you quickly to noteworthy Adobe- and After Effects–related sites.
Adobe Online is constantly changing, so you should 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 After Effects, choose Help > Adobe Online, or click the icon in the Adobe Online
toolbar.
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 any 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 prefer-
ences affect how Adobe Online interacts with After Effects. To see an explanation of each
preference option, click Setup and follow the prompts. You also can set up an automatic
refresh using the Update Options.
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