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Subject:Re: When to use screenshots From:"Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:57:34 -0800 (PST)
Tom Storer wrote:
> (The desire for lean documentation is one
> our customers have strongly expressed--along
> with the sometimes contradictory desire for
> exhaustively complete documentation.)
So quantify the cost. Offer the lean manual for 'free,' but offer full
screenshots at the price you are willing to do it for. Your customers
might decide they prefer fewer screenshots after all.
Realistically though, you should probably just use your own judgment to
reduce the number of screenshots.
Also, perhaps in some cases you can use partial screenshots that just
show the relevant portion of the screen, then there would be less data
to translate.
Mike O.
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