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On Monday, April 12, 1999 10:25 AM, Melonie Holliman
[SMTP:melonie -dot- holliman -at- TXEXMTA4 -dot- AMD -dot- COM] wrote:
> Do yall tend to call out a term which is in the glossary
> in some manner (such as bold or underline)? Does
> anyone know if this helps or distracts the reader?
It depends. :-) If it's in hard copy, usually not, but I have been known to
remind people to check out the glossary. If it's in online help, I'll make
popups for important terms, if it doesn't interfere with the presentation and
usability of the help file. I've also been known to add a Glossary button to my
help instead of using popups--it all depends on my audience.
Julie Comstock-Fisher Documentation Manager
julief -at- pdainc -dot- com PDA, Inc.
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