Originally Posted by ColeTrickle
The above mentioned handbook only deals with the (today not so) new approach plate format.
But there are reprints downloadable at Jepps of a series called "chart clinic" that ran in AOPA's magazines for a while.
These are _very_ worth reading, going into detail with enroute, area and approach plates.
Discussions about the electronic format are available in an own set of downloads, too.
Cole
I second the sentiment about the Chart Clinic series. It is outstanding and provides much more info/understanding than reading the Jepps Intro section by itself.
When the series first appeared in AOPA magazine, I contacted Jim Terpstra at Jepps to let him know how much I appreciated his work. He told me they were thinking of publishing the entire series as a manual on paper. I don't know if they actually did, but he sent me a prototype version of the first half of the series.
If you can find this manual, it'd be just about all you need.