Re: Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation

["Pro TechWriter" <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Speaking of "easy to read," I have a question related to this post. How
effective is it to set user guide text in a different font (like Courier) to
indicate text entry, window names, list box choices, and so on?  This is for
online help delivery, not paper.

Here is a poll:

http://www.polldaddy.com/p/1062311/

I will post results. Also, if anyone has links to any research on this
topic, I am very interested in getting that.

Thanks.
PT

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:40 AM, <arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com> wrote:

> "The students who received the exercise instructions written in the easy to
> read, Arial font, believed that the workout regimen would take less time and
> feel easier compared to the students who received the directions in the
> harder to read font. More importantly, when the instructions were written in
> an easy to read font, the students were more willing to make exercise a part
> of their daily routine. The results of the second experiment were similar.
> Again, the students who read the recipe in an easy to read font determined
> it would take a shorter time to prepare and not require a lot of culinary
> skill to complete. In addition, the students who received the easy to read
> recipe were more willing to attempt the recipe than the group who had the
> difficult to read directions. "
>
> http://www.physorg.com/news144580532.html
>
> I feel needed.
>
> :)
> Arroxane
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing 
solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor,  Microsoft Word or 
HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. 
http://www.doctohelp.com

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. 

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat