RE: Documenting the User Interface

["Sarah Bouchier" <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com>]

>I would say on this one that It Depends. I've just
>recommending removing a bunch of screenshots from
>an administrator's guide because the installation
>UI mainly consists of screens with self-evident
>fields that need to be populated with information
>like the user's name and password, port, etc. 

You too, huh?

Bear in mind that few people sit down and read a manual from beginning
to end to find out about the product.  Most of the time they use the
manual as a guide when going through the tasks.  In this case, they
already know what the screen looks like, because they have it in front
of them.

There are still occasions when a screenshot is necessary, but they are
much fewer.

Also, it may be worth bearing in mind that if you ship internationally
you may require a different version of every screenshot for each
language.

S.

Sarah Bouchier
Technical Author

exony

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