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Subject:Re: RE: Synonym for "cycle through" From:Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:00:22 -0500 (CDT)
Major reason not to include a screen short if a simple verbal description will do: Increases translation costs every time you have to retake screenshots in the target languages.
My 2 cents.
--Nancy
Oct 14, 2011 11:39:22 AM,
ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com wrote:
I'm with Lynne on this.
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From:Lynne Wright
Here's a tip though... rather than using descriptive passages, such as "has a black background with white text"... if you really need to give readers an idea of what they're dealing with, why not include a screen shot instead?
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