RE: "usable" screen captures

Subject: RE: "usable" screen captures
From: "Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: "'Rob Hudson'" <caveatrob -at- gmail -dot- com>, "'techwr-l List'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:06:54 -0700

I don't annotate very often, but sometimes I highlight or use arrows. I
will use a full application window shot when I first discuss the screen, but
then I use cropped close-ups for specific elements.

Lauren


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> Hi all,
>
> I'm struggling with "usable" screen captures. I tend to circle and
> annotate screen elements with word bubbles, but those tend to
> get busy
> fast. I thought about circling and annotating with circled
> letters, then
> referring to those letters below. Is that more or less useful? How do
> you annotate your screen shots?
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References:
"usable" screen captures: From: Rob Hudson

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