On Sat, 31 May 2008 23:06:24 -0500, Gary Schnabl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Gary Schnabl wrote:
However, I am entertaining thoughts pulling the embedded graphics out
of the guides and having them linked to other companion documents for
the embedded figures or alternatively having the graphic images linked
altogether from an allied folder. The first way, it's easier to format
the chapters without having to be concerned about the graphics taking
up so much page (and file) space. If the readers desire to view the
graphics, they can link to them. The Lulu documents could have their
figures embedded prior to being printed.
Please don't do this. It will make things very difficult for the many
readers who have no clue how to deal with linked graphics (and keeping
tracked of an allied folder), as well as for those of us writing the
chapters. Your suggestion is just about the most user-unfriendly idea I
have heard in a long time.
You have made a lot of suggestions recently that seem to me to
unnecessarily complicate what is already a difficult task for many
people, and this is definitely one of them.
--Jean
Our documents have way too many graphics. Why do we have screen captures
for showing simple tasks? There's too much hand-holding. Our readers are
capable of doing tasks without having to screen capture as many as we
do. There should be a balance, and only screen capture those tasks that
inform, instead of verifying them.
Gary
I am not sure about that Gary. Most of our users might complain of too few
graphics but never of too many ones.
--
Alexandro Colorado
CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES
http://es.openoffice.org
