RE: Visuals in work instructions: how many is too much?

["Reffelt, Sheila" <Sheila -dot- Reffelt -at- alcoa -dot- com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Reffelt, Sheila 
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:28 AM
To: 'Ahles, Wesley Christopher'
Subject: RE: Visuals in work instructions: how many is too much?

I'm a big fan of visuals.
In an international/language barrier world,
They are a blessing.
I recently wrote an instruction manual
That had so many photos, I just made them a
Little smaller and, if they represented two steps that
Followed each other very closely, such as unscrewing the setscrew, then
detaching the gadget, 
I put the two photos side-by-side in the same space that I would
normally have put one more complex photo.

That's my opinion.

Sheila 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ahles, Wesley Christopher [mailto:wesley -dot- ahles -at- mnsu -dot- edu] 
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 4:20 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Visuals in work instructions: how many is too much?

A question for anyone who has made work instructions, or who may just
have an opinion.
 
I'm writing some assembly work instruction. The rough draft is just over
a page, with 11 steps. Right now, I have 6 visuals in mind. Is this too
many, or is there no real rule for this sort of thing?
 
Wes

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