The short answer is 'no', unless you believe providing the 2004 online tutorial as a printed document qualifies as an 'improvement'.
I've perused the new help file a bit: There's little to like...
The layout/format of the help file has been radically altered. Instead of a Contents tab with a Table of Contents style of layout, there is only a Home page that has a list of thirty-or-so headings under 6-8 main topics, such as Project-related, Wire-related, PLC-related, etc. For example, there are six links to various subjects under the 'Wire' category, but at least two of these links have fly-out lists of sub-topics, so it's a little better than I was afraid of. There is still an Index and Search tab for tracking down info by those means, so the best bet for finding info on the 3-phase bus wiring topic, for example, is to use the Index or Search. However, there is no page-forward or -back buttons for stepping through the entire help file from front to back. It's been changed from a Book/Chapter layout to a random-access reference manual layout. It's going to take a lot of searching, clicking, and reading to determine if it even has all of the information that the 2004 help file had.
There is no linear tutorial for the Electrical part of AE2005 in the help file. There is a printed tutorial for 2005 that appears to be a direct copy of the 2004 online tutorial. It does not cover any of the new features. The info in the specific topics 'may' or may not be an improvement over the previous online manual. Regarding the new features, there is only a basic 'new features' page that does little more than provide a single link from each of the eight-or-so 'new features' to a topic in the help file.
It's even less 'printable' than the 2004 help file. I think you could print out a full chapter or series of topics before. Now it is only page-by-page.
I don't know if there is something else on the CD. I only looked at the printed docs, and the files that were linked from the application.
There is a built-in survey that asks you to rate the current help file and the importance of tutorials and other features, so be sure to send that in if you want changes. The implication is that they know there is a problem and a solution is in the works. It's possible that they ran up against a deadline and simply didn't get it completed in time.
- Jay