RE: "usable" screen captures

["Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>]

Using callouts, graphical and textual, increases maintenance costs. With
graphics callouts (in step by step sections, for example), you often
have to swap out several screenshots when a dialog changes. With text
call-outs (like the ones illustrated in this thread), you have to
capture a new screenshot and redraw (or at least remap) all of your
callouts when a dialog changes. In contrast, without call-outs you can
just capture a new screen shot and be done with it.

Leonard

-----Original Message-----
From: Cardimon, Craig [mailto:ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 5:32 AM
To: Leonard C. Porrello
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com; john -at- garisons -dot- com
Subject: RE: "usable" screen captures

> An excellent point. Maintenance costs also go way up when you use
> callouts.
> 
> Leonard
> 

How so?

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