Color Schemes for Tables in Documentation

[Al Geist]

Edwin Skau wrote:

>Whatever color scheme you use, get a black-and-white printout to see what
it looks like, also get a two-sheets-to-a-page output for good measure. That
is probably how many readers will read your documents in hard copy unless
you offset print it.<


Hi Edwin,

I agree about the BW printout as most readers will read laser printouts of
the manual, and most laser printers are not color. However, I am confused by
"two-sheets-per-page?" Are you talking about double-sided printing, or
cramming two sheets on a standard 8-1/2 by 11 inch page (or equivalent)?
Double sided printouts are okay if your printer has duplexing capability;
otherwise, it's a pain, and repaginating is even a bigger pain. I think most
readers will just print single-sided copies because it's easier.


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