Re: What do you call your examples?

["Khizran Kaleem" <khizran -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hi Sarah,

I have have gone through the same situation while documenting a user guide
for a client. The screenshots I took for a form had to show telephone
numbers in the field. The phone numbers had to look authentic however could
not be 'real' telephone numbers. The solution for me was pretty simple
though. The clients specified the range of numbers that could be used as
telephone numbers, ip addresses etc. For company names and usernames I just
entered CompanyName1 and UserName1.

If you do not have a guide defining the values that you can use, I am afraid
you will have to verify each name that you use in your document.

Regards,
Khizran


On 8/30/07, Sarah Bouchier <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com> wrote:
>
> I can't be the only person with this problem.  I have a tutorial all
> planned out in my head, and then sit and stare at a blank page for ten
> minutes because I don't know what to name the examples.  Example users
> are easy enough (Though JohnSmith1 and JohnSmith2 may be pushing it
> slightly) but with company names I'm always worried in case I use the
> name of a /real/ company.
>
>
>
> What does everyone else do?
>
> Sarah Bouchier
> Technical Author
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> exony
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