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At SAPIEN, it is not unusual to receive support requests asking whether the latest version of PrimalScript supports a specific functionality, which the user is unaware has been in the product for several generations. Feature lists on web sites help somewhat with these issues, but sometimes what the user needs is a tutorial on a <em>process<\/em>, rather than a feature.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, SAPIEN is introducing SAPIEN\u00a0<em>QuickGuides<\/em>, downloadable PDFs that focus on using SAPIEN software such as PrimalScript, PrimalXML, etc. Some of these <em>QuickGuides<\/em> may focus on how to use certain product features, while others will focus on how to accomplish certain tasks. We expect to deliver a <em>QuickGuide<\/em> at least once a month starting May 2009. <em>QuickGuides<\/em> will be available for download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.primaltools.com\/downloads\/quickguides\/\">here<\/a>. We also have created a forum for users to post <em>QuickGuide<\/em> requests. 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