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RE: screenshots - to crop or resize, that is the question...
Subject:RE: screenshots - to crop or resize, that is the question... From:"Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 May 2002 14:07:46 -0400
Something to consider:
Many people like to take their cue from a screen shot rather than from
several paragraphs or steps of text. That is, a dialog box with all the
correct settings accompanying text that describes the correct settings,
or steps in a lesson, or something, cater to two different audiences.
Further, there are a number of users out there who would be made nervous
by seeing a dialog box that did not agree with the accompanying text.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Martin [mailto:twriter -at- sonic -dot- net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:01 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: screenshots - to crop or resize, that is the question...
"Jennifer Maitland" <jlm -at- kwi -dot- com> wrote in message news:154823 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
> I want to ask everyone's opinion about screenshots. I am writing a
user
A long time ago I took a Visual Literacy course from William Horton. As
I
recall (I don't have the information handy), one of the info tidbits was
that screen shots in a manual serve only to orient the user, to reassure
them that they are in the right spot in the procedure. They are *not*
there
to show actual detail of what should be on the screen.
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