Help Menu

You know all too well that iPhoto comes with no user manual; that’s why you’re reading this book! What official Apple documentation you do get appears in this menu. (Hint: It ain’t much.)

iPhoto Help

This command opens Apple’s Help Viewer program—eventually.

The assistance available through iPhoto Help is pretty limited. The articles are extremely brief and the explanations tend to skim the surface. Furthermore, some help screens are stored on Apple’s Web site, meaning that you need an Internet connection to see them. But at least you’ve got a searchable reference at your disposal if you forget how to do something (or lose this book).

iPhoto Service and Support

Fires up your Web browser and opens Apple’s main iPhoto support page. You may be asked to enter your Apple ID and password. (This is usually your email address plus the password you created when you registered iPhoto or another Apple product.)

iPhoto Keyboard Shortcuts

This is really just another link into the iPhoto Help system, but a particularly valuable one. It takes you to a table showing more than 50 keyboard shortcuts in iPhoto. This is one help page that’s worth printing out.

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