Re: [libreoffice-design] [VI] Consistent theme for screenshots

On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 04:43 -0400, Marc Paré wrote:
> Le 2011-06-28 17:23, Jean Hollis Weber a écrit :

> > Most of the screenshots for the user guides are of dialog boxes, and
> > those should be captured at their full size (unlike showing the full
> > window, which is user-variable). Many (most) dialog boxes fit well on
> > the document page just as they are (although their size does vary with
> > contributor's screen resolution), but some are too wide and must be
> > shrunk to page width or cropped.
> >
> > When putting screenshots into user guides, several other consistency and
> > usability issues arise. I have a few guidelines summarised in some
> > document, but they are not as complete as they should be. They include
> > suggestions for cropping for emphasis (best done by the person working
> > on a particular document, who will know what the emphasis needs to be),
> > and guidelines for inserting cropped images at a size that results in a
> > common text size in all the dialog boxes in a document (realising that
> > in a few cases it must be smaller); the weight and color of any lines
> > pointing to items in the dialog box (or circles or boxes around items);
> > the font, weight, and size of any numbers or other text used as labels
> > on a screenshot or in a diagram; what if any background color to put
> > around labels.
> >
> > --Jean
> Sounds like you had started on a protocol. If we could complete the 
> directions along with samples it will help our "screenshot helpers" in 
> supplying our teams with the more appropriate shots. Are these somewhere 
> on the wiki? We could help you with completing these if you need any help.

They are in the draft Chapter 2, Producing LibreOffice User Guides,
which can be downloaded from 
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/5/5e/Producing-LO-userguides.odt

--Jean


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