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Re: Book Recommendation? technical illustrations and screenshots
Subject:Re: Book Recommendation? technical illustrations and screenshots From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:23:03 -0600
Craig asks:
> Does anyone have a favorite book of tips/guidelines for creating effective
> screenshots and technical illustrations for software documentation and
> training?
Sun's "Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry" has a very
helpful and thorough chapter on working with illustrations, and Parker's
"Looking Good in Print" has some excellent insights as well.
Keith Cronin
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