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Subject:FW: Images in help systems From:Jason Willebeek-LeMair <jlemair -at- cisco -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:34:41 -0500
Typically, it is because you are looking at the app when you call the help.
Having a screen shot in the help when the app window is right there is
fairly redundant.
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From: Darren Barefoot [mailto:Darren -dot- Barefoot -at- capeclear -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 4:40 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Images in help systems
Hi,
An issue has recently arisen that I've been wondering about and would like
to solicit the group's opinion. As I understand it, the rule of thumb when
authoring help systems is that the average help system should contain less
images than its corresponding printed (or printable) manual. I suspect this
rule exists because:
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