Re: Note styles

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

What tool are you using? Most of the ones I've used have tags for
Note, Caution, and Warning. The format varies depending on what I
publish to.

Depending on your industry and the type of document, icons may be
required and there may be standards for their appearance.

https://www.safetysign.com/help/h38/2007-revision

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 5:52 AM Sion Lane <sion -dot- lane -at- unit4 -dot- com> wrote:
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> We currently use appropriate icons, indentation and a different background to indicate notes, tips and warnings in our help topics and pdf content.  A proposal has been made that we also use autonumbering to add the word 'Note' 'Tip' etc.
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> I feel this is overkill, the icon in conjunction with the background colour act as a visual representation of that word so to add the word as well makes it almost tautological. The nature of the message  should also be obvious from the text itself.  I should add that we do not currently have an 'About this Help' topic that explains the icons and there is no desire to add one.
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> What are other people's opinions?
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> Am I crazy to be so bothered about this?
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