# Documentation? Am I missing something?

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/documentation-am-i-missing-something/16441>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [August 28, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/documentation-am-i-missing-something/16441 "2007-08-28T09:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![modartis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@modartis](https://community.asterisk.org/u/modartis)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/documentation-am-i-missing-something/16441/1 "2007-08-28T09:49:00Z")

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I downloaded version 1.4 of the s/w and unpacked the /doc directory. I don’t even find anything which gives me an overview of the software.

Did I miss something?

What are other people doing for documentation? or are other people using other free products with superior docs?

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**Author:** ![swaterhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@swaterhouse](https://community.asterisk.org/u/swaterhouse)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/documentation-am-i-missing-something/16441/2 "2007-08-28T12:35:22Z")

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the best soruce is the wiki

[http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk](http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk)

also very good is the book “Asterisk: The Future of Telephony” - available as a download and in most bookstores.

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**Author:** ![modartis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@modartis](https://community.asterisk.org/u/modartis)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/documentation-am-i-missing-something/16441/3 "2007-08-29T03:11:49Z")

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does this book cover asterisk 1.4?

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**Author:** ![fthomas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/fthomas/32/996_2.png) [@fthomas](https://community.asterisk.org/u/fthomas)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/documentation-am-i-missing-something/16441/4 "2007-11-06T19:27:13Z")

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It doesn’t. You will have to adapt.

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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Dawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@Atomic\_Dawg](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Atomic_Dawg)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/documentation-am-i-missing-something/16441/5 "2007-11-07T05:49:27Z")

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Actually, the 2nd Edition does cover 1.4. Here’s a link to Amazon:

[Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, 2 Edition](http://www.amazon.com/Asterisk-Telephony-Jim-Van-Meggelen/dp/0596510489/ref=pd_sim_b_shvl_img_2/104-4875934-8519140)