Use Adobe Illustrator tutorials Adobe Illustrator tutorials can help your team learn the software step-by-step. Tutorials let you look at screen shots of the software so you can see what you need to do rather than simply read about it. You can, of course, buy tutorials, but software versions change rapidly enough that the best thing to do is find one or two websites that offer Adobe Illustrator tutorials (almost always for free) and watch those sites for updates.

I recommend:  Mike Doughty runs the Sketchpad website, where you can find a bevy of Illustrator tutorials. Developer Shed also offers a good variety of free Adobe Illustrator tutorials.

Join an Adobe Illustrator help forum When struggling with a specific problem, designers often look to forums or help centers to find an answer. These forums are also excellent places to find Adobe Illustrator tips and other Adobe Illustrator resources.

I recommend:  Adobe Systems has almost 300 Adobe Illustrator help forums. The Tecumseh Group also has an ever-growing collection of forums, as does Gamma Ray Digital.

Get Adobe Illustrator training Of the three ways listed, Adobe Illustrator training (either on-the-job or at a training center) is the only one that will cost your company money. But hands-on training led by authorized Adobe Illustrator guides may work the best for businesses that want their design team to come up to speed on a new version of software quickly. These courses let designers work through Adobe Illustrator in a classroom setting, and the students often come away with an Adobe Illustrator reference book or two at the end of their Adobe Illustrator training.

I recommend:  Sterling Ledet & Associates offers on-the-job Adobe Illustrator training as well as Adobe Illustrator support at its training center. Of course, don't forget to check out what the ultimate Adobe Illustrator technical support site itself--Adobe Systems--has to offer in the way of Adobe Illustrator help.