RE: Graphics vs Text

["Mark the Writer" <mdb-career -at- cox -dot- net>]

RE - When to use graphics ?

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I personally think graphics are only mandatory if there is more than a 30
percent chance
that someone could make a mistake.

For instance ...

Many software option windows have settings where a user is doomed if they
make a simple
mistake.

So I enter in an example of a correct setting and throw in the screen shot.

Preference ...

As far as charts and line art go - I like to include personally.

I am an engineer that writes for engineers usually - and we live on
graphics.

Ask an engineer would they prefer the identical information in a block of
text or a graphic -
and they will ask for the graphic.

I typically give them both and use "as you can see in Figure 5, bla bla
bla."

Mark
mdbinc.com




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