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Subject:RE: Callouts for Screen Shots From:kimber_miller -at- acs-inc -dot- com To:<tekritelist -at- hotmail -dot- com>, <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 24 May 2000 09:56:42 -0500
Hi!
"Callouts" are the arrow and text labels that explain the various parts of an
image, such as a screen shot of a software window.
I guess the term comes from magazine or newsletter formatting when one pulls a
quote or sentence out of the body of the article, wraps the text around it, and
hope that it draws attention (or "calls out") to the reader.
--Kimber
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Kimber Miller
kimber_miller -at- acs-inc -dot- com
Affiliated Computer Services
Dallas, Texas
214.887.7408
Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
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