Color Schemes for Tables in Documentation

[Edwin Skau]

Sorry, I meant two pages per sheet. Folks often print out two pages per
sheet to save the trees (well, yes...)
Reverse text often doesn't show up too well on something reduced to this
scale.

Edwin







On Jan 10, 2008 5:25 PM, Al Geist <al.geist at geistassociates.com> wrote:

> 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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