Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress Guide 3.4 Chapter 3 (Adding & Formatting Text) reviewed

The editors at O'Reilly, Apple, and most popular series such as Dummies and Que, evidently do not 
agree with you. Most figures in those books have short, explanatory captions that provide more info 
than just the name of the dialog. Some series, such as the Missing Manuals, go to the opposite 
extreme and include mini essays as figure captions; this method is not something I am advocating 
for us, but it definitely works for them. 

And my name is Jean, not Jane. 

On 29/12/2011, at 20:54, Peter Schofield <psauthor@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Jane
>
> In my opinion, captions used for figures should be as short as possible without losing any 
> meaning and this is what I have tried to achieve. When you use a long caption, the user/reader 
> can get confused and miss what the figure is there for. Using short captions is the way I have 
> been trained and guided during my career.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter
>
>
> On 28 Dec 2011, at 10:41, Jean Weber wrote:
>
> > I've put my review of Impress Guide 3.4 Chapter 3 (Adding & Formatting
> > Text) in the Drafts folder. Changes are tracked, and I left lots of
> > comments and questions for Peter.
> >
> > --Jean
> >
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