Re: ? format for notes, cautions, warnings

Subject: Re: ? format for notes, cautions, warnings
From: "Marie C. Paretti" <mparetti -at- RRINC -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 16:02:19 -0500

At 12:46 PM 11/5/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I've seen a number of different ways to call attention to these notes, but
none that really make me happy. I would appreciate any samples you can send
me.

I'm a fan of shaded text and icons when used *sparingly* -- that is, I
don't throw them all over the manual and I keep them to a minimum: gray
side bars with a "helpful hand" icon for tips and reminders; indented gray
boxes (in Frame I use 1-celled tables) for extended hints or things too
long for a sidebar; and darker gray boxes across the page with a warning
icon (ok, I cheat and use a Zapf dingbat character) for things to really
pay attention to.

As I said, the important thing about using graphics like this is, to me, to
keep them simple and keep them to a minimum in the text. And of course
they're all explained in the 2-page Conventions section at the beginning.

Marie

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