Re: Text Wrapping around a Graphic

["Michele Cottingham (BCS)" <cottingh -at- GROUCHO -dot- BSN -dot- USF -dot- EDU>]

John,

I, myself, would place the screen grab to the right or left of the text so
it flows with the eye better or just above or below it.

It does distract me as well to have the object in the middle and the text
wrapped around it.  My idea would be to place it to the left or right of
it if I do text wrap around a graphic.  This evens out the white space and
text to give a more even flowing look.  This also breaks up the mundane
placement of the screen grab that hangs above or below(these still work)
the text flow.

Michele
aspiring tech writer


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                                 Michele Cottingham
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On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, John David Hickey wrote:

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> Greetings!
>
> I'd like to know your feelings about the following doodad that I really
> *don't* like (not to bias your opinon or anything).
>
> What do you think about instructions that flow around a screen grab that is
> right in the middle of the page? Personally, I don't like having my reading
> eye bang into a screen grab while I'm trying to read instructions. It breaks
> my concentration and my eye tends to roam all over the page.
>
> I'd rather have text on one line, a screen grab by itself on the next line,
> and then more text on another line. I find it's easier to read and
> understand. What do you think?
>
> I'm updating a document that was written by someone else and that person
> used this "text wrap around graphic" do-hickey (pun intended). I have to
> redo the screen grabs anyways, but I want to reformat the page layout.
> Should I, or am I being too anal about it?
> --
> Be seeing you,
>
> Dave
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