Is there a manual for the Hammer Editor anywhere within valve for a newbie mapper.

Welcome to the forum, and I commend you for your interest in mapping!

Now to your question.

Yes. But I suggest you look at this part of the forum before you started this thread:
Day Of Defeat Forums > Day of Defeat Content Forums > Mapping > Tutorials (http://www.dayofdefeat.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=41)

I also suggest that you at least read the first page of this forum before you've started this thread. Why? Because you'll find a thread like this:
http://www.dayofdefeat.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61302

Also, the following button is your friend:
http://www.dayofdefeat.com/forums/images/top_search.gif (http://www.dayofdefeat.com/forums/search.php?s=)

about as close to manual as your going to get

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Hammer_Editor_Documentation

Originally posted by wickit
about as close to manual as your going to get

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Hammer_Editor_Documentation Yeah, there's that, too.