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Subject:Re: Including Screen Captures From:Karla McMaster <mcmaster%pcmail -dot- cti-pet -dot- com -at- CTI-PET -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 23 May 1996 11:50:42 EST
Bill Hartzer asked:
> Has anyone heard of this theory of not including screen
> captures in doc for GUI-based software products? Is the
> user missing anything by not having screen captures in the
> doc?
I have never heard of this theory, and I find it difficult to imagine how I
would explain concepts related to the screen without having a screen to which
I could refer. But maybe I'm just not imaginitive enough...
Karla McMaster, technical writer
CTI PET Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN
mcmaster -at- cti-pet -dot- com
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