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Subject:Re: screen dumps in books From:Damien Braniff <Damien_Braniff -at- PAC -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:05:41 +0000
As usual, I'd say it's down to who you're writing for. We tend to use
quite a lot in our lit as we have a very wide audience base - from PC
professionals to those who aren't sure what a mouse is. In this case it's
definitely reassuring to see that what's in the manual matches the screen.
In other cases (more specialised audience) I've taken the minimalist
approach - a few screenshot as guides.
