Press this, or just Press

[Kathleen MacDowell]

Perhaps I was unclear (or perhaps I don't understand you)--the text content
does provide instructions. The figures are to show specific areas, buttons,
etc. It's redundant of course, but often, if people are familiar with the
actual type of product being used, the figures are an alternate set of
instructions.

Your point about the hands is interesting--I'll be sure to bring this up for
any translators. I'd expect them to be able to provide alerts for anything
like that.

Regards,

Kathleen



On 3/1/07, Janice Gelb <janice.gelb at sun.com> wrote:
>
> Kathleen MacDowell wrote:
> > Until recently I've  used the call outs to identify a component and
> > explained what one does with the components in the body rather than the
> > figure.
> >
> > However, recently I've been setting up a series of instructions that can
> be
> > pretty complex, so I'm using another set of figures with (primarily)
> step
> > indicators, including a hand. In these situations I have a brief
> statement
> > such as "Confirming deletion"  in the key. I should note though, that we
> > are
> > using letters and numbers for our callouts to aid in translation. IMHO,
> > it's
> > important to be careful with text in figures, because it can mess it up
> so
> > much that it's useless.
> >
>
> Is there some reason why you are unable to
> provide instructions in text underneath
> the figure, rather than trying to do so with
> callouts or sets of figures with step indicators?
> Also, I would be wary of hand illustrations as
> hand positions mean different things in different
> countries.
>
> -- Janice
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Kathleen MacDowell
> www.writefortheuser.com