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Re: Screen shots within numbered steps, OR at the end?
Subject:Re: Screen shots within numbered steps, OR at the end? From:"E. Gail Miedema" <egail -at- TELEPORT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 29 Jul 1998 17:03:29 -0700
Another option that may work well when the steps are short is to repeat
all five steps on each page (in a column or frame), and just highlight the
step for that page. This works like a navigation pane does for online
documents, keeping the reader oriented as to where he or she currently is
in the process and what is comming next. To really give it a
computer-interface feel, try printing the non-applicable steps on each
page in grey instead of black type.
E. Gail Miedema
Senior Information Designer
Dynamics Research, Inc.
Beaverton, OR
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Rowena Hart wrote:
> Joyce,
>
> If the five-step numbering is lost on the page, you might
> try adjusting the page layout to emphasize the numbers.
>
> For example, put the number in a box, make it 72 pt, and
> put it in a column/frame to the left of the body text. This
> gives the reader a strong visual cue that they are following
> a series of steps.
>
> You can achieve this effect in both paper and online docs.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rowena
> ---------------------
> Rowena Hart
> Technical Writer
> Intrinsyc Software, Inc.
> Vancouver, B.C. Canada
>http://www.intrinsyc.com
>
