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Subject:Re: Downsizing (literally) the manuals From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- AXIONET -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 14 Dec 1997 15:21:40 -0500
Kathy Graden <kgraden -at- MAIL -dot- DANCRIS -dot- COM>
>The small page size forces writers to break information down >into smaller chunks that are, conveniently, of a size that >displays nicely on a monitor screen. In online documents, >this can greatly reduce the amount of scrolling a reader has >to do. Your document also doesn't look as if you just dumped >it from paper to online.
Actually, most users don't mind scrolling if the information is useful
and easy to read. But it's true that writing with a smaller page size
might encourage writers to plan more carefully, which is probably the
real difference between on-line and paper.
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Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
(bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com) (604) 421-7189 http://www.axionet.com/outlawcommunications (Updated December 13)
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