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Subject:Re: Which do you think is better... From:John McGhie <jmcghie -at- WORLD -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:04:17 GMT
Dan Martillotti <danm -at- dev -dot- tivoli -dot- com> wrote:
>We currently use the following convention:
> Select the Edit Manager Properties... option from the Edit menu
> --screen capture of the Edit menu with the Edit Manager Properties...
> option---
> to display the Edit Local Print Service Monitor dialog.
> --screen capture of the Edit Local Print Service Monitor dialog--
>We are convinced that the current convention of splitting the sentence around a
> screen capture
>will create a translation nightmare.
Dan: I agree this will create a translation nightmare in Japanese,
where the sentence will be inverted.
But I believe the second screen capture is unnecessary. The only
place you have to show a GUI user the outcome is in the Getting
Started With Windows Guide, and Microsoft has alrady written it <g>
For other users, the outcome happens in front of their face, they do
not need a picture of it.
