Read The Fine Manual
Fine manual? Fine, you say? What is this nonsense? In response, I point you to this Adobe support page, where it seems one of their writers has a sense of humor.
InDesign’s comprehensive Help system is available to you on your computer. Check it out; you may find all you need there. Be prepared to be told to Read The Fine Manual (RTFM) if you skip this step.
The emphasis is mine, but that bit sticks out even without the benefit of bold typeface. For the uninitiated, RTFM is a well-known internet acronym used to berate those who ask questions which have either obvious or easily locatable answers (Google is your friend!). However, the “F” definitely does not stand for “Fine”.
RTFM informal computing
read the fucking manual (used esp. in electronic mail in reply to a question whose answer is obvious).
That’s from the Oxford American Dictionary, which proves just how prolific the expression has become. It is well documented in popular culture, and though I’ve only heard it spoken out loud a handful of times, it is often used on the web in the presence of unintelligent life (which, alas, is even more widespread than this expression).
In any case, I appreciate Adobe’s playful deployment of this phrase, however mitigated, in their copy. Of course, humor cannot alter the fact that InDesign’s XML support is a horrid POS (Piece Of Stool), but I at least got a laugh out of the deal before resuming my seething anger over their ineptitude.
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