Instructional

First, he means what he says: You really should have CS5 installed to do the exercises in this book. This isn’t to say you won’t get anything out of it if you don’t (and I don’t), but approximately thirty percent of the book is CS5 specific.

This is a book for beginners through intermediate users; advanced users will find this a nice gift for someone. For instance here is how the chapter descriptions read:

Chapter 1: Opening and organizing files, including the Adobe Bridge, ratings, workspaces, stacks, metadata, keywords, and the Batch Rename command.