Visuals in work instructions: how many is too much?

Subject: Visuals in work instructions: how many is too much?
From: "Ahles, Wesley Christopher" <wesley -dot- ahles -at- mnsu -dot- edu>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:20:14 -0500

A question for anyone who has made work instructions, or who may just have an opinion.

I'm writing some assembly work instruction. The rough draft is just over a page, with 11 steps. Right now, I have 6 visuals in mind. Is this too many, or is there no real rule for this sort of thing?

Wes
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