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Subject:Text Wrapping around a Graphic From:John David Hickey <jdavid -at- FARABI -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 31 Jul 1998 16:09:51 -0400
Greetings!
I'd like to know your feelings about the following doodad that I really
*don't* like (not to bias your opinon or anything).
What do you think about instructions that flow around a screen grab that is
right in the middle of the page? Personally, I don't like having my reading
eye bang into a screen grab while I'm trying to read instructions. It breaks
my concentration and my eye tends to roam all over the page.
I'd rather have text on one line, a screen grab by itself on the next line,
and then more text on another line. I find it's easier to read and
understand. What do you think?
I'm updating a document that was written by someone else and that person
used this "text wrap around graphic" do-hickey (pun intended). I have to
redo the screen grabs anyways, but I want to reformat the page layout.
Should I, or am I being too anal about it?
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Be seeing you,
Dave
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jdavid -at- farabi -dot- com
Lone Writer at Farabi Technology Corp.
Montreal, Quebec
4000+ readers? I Am Drunk With Power! <maniacal laughter>
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