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Getting to the Lightroom Help Docs

With Lightroom 3 freshly minted and rolling out, I’ve heard from some folks using Lightroom 2 who are confused when they press F1 or go to Help > Lightroom Help, from inside Lightroom 2, and wind up on a page (Help and Support) that has a lot of info about Lightroom 3. Don’t despair! Adobe has not abandoned you. You can change that behavior, so that you can go directly to the Lightroom 2 help docs if that is what you prefer. Here’s how:

  1. Go to the Lightroom 2 Help page directly.
  2. At the bottom of that page, choose Help on the Web
  3. Close your browser.

Now, the next time you launch Lightroom 2 and use the Help > Lightroom Help menu, you should go directly to the Lightroom 2 help doc.

That said, don’t give up on the Community Help page! There is a ton of great info to be found from there, and even the links to the Help pages for all versions of Lightroom under the Additional Help menu:

And you can still access all the Lightroom 2 content via the search field at the top of the Community Help page:

What about Lightroom 3?

When you launch Lightroom 3 and go to Help > Lightroom Help don’t be surprised if the Adobe Community Help AIR application opens, which runs a local version of the Community Help as well as the Help docs. Enjoy!

4 thoughts on “Getting to the Lightroom Help Docs”

  1. Tried leaving you an email message but it’s confusing. There is not “send” button and the “why ask” has no question. I wanted to ask if you ever come to the bay area. We have an art licensing group that would love to ask you about your book.

  2. I have lightroom 3 and I have somehow managed to delete all my photos but 129.I have over 10,000 photos that have just vaporised. I am new to lightroom. I was working on 129 photos and tried to upload them onto Facebook. Somehow during that process, I have managed to delete my entire photo collection.How do I get then all back. I cannot find directions anywhere. There is nothing relating to retrieving them from a bin or where ever they are sent. Help ASAP please……To say I am stressed is an understatement 🙁

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