Under Game/Help/Players Identity you have

[narosh]

Skill points described. Oddly though, you can gain skill points in all skill point areas by doing magic. A little proofreading and updating needed here.

[bodywand]

huh?

-Fist

[ackir]

huh?

I think he means Help Window Interfaces>My Statistics. Under the section that explains the skill points, all of the Fight, Magic, Craft, Harvest blurbs instruct you that "Points are gained by progressing you magic skills."

Now that that is cleared up, the out-dated Help Window has been known to be wrong for some time. I think they are slowly fixing it (there used to be a whole section in French that I can't find anymore).