Hi :)
Except screen-shots in Windows can't have any useful arrows or circles to point 
out the exact thing being talked about in the documentation.  They can't even 
be 
cropped to show off particular areas.  Icons can't be shown (?) (without 
altering the screen-shot??) and we have to get permission to use any of the 
standard MS fonts.  


So, the documentation's screen-shots in Windows can only be as unhelpful as the 
screen that made the user want to dig into documentation because they couldn't 
find what they were looking for.  Screen-shots in Ubuntu (or Mageia or 
whatever) 
can have a tight focus showing a tiny area much "larger than life" and include 
arrows or circles/ovals so that people can really spot the useful part of the 
screen.  


Regards from
Tom :)




________________________________
From: Simon Phipps <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, 8 July, 2011 12:34:18
Subject: Re: [steering-discuss] Re: screen-shots Documentation Team


On 8 Jul 2011, at 12:06, Alexander Thurgood wrote:

> Le 08/07/11 12:01, David Nelson a écrit :
> 
> David,
> 
> How much clearer can this page be :

<snip>

It is very clear indeed that it is protecting /Microsoft products and 
property/. 
I see nothing there indicating that images of a LibreOffice window or dialog 
cannot be used, and in fact I see clear indications that even shots of a whole 
screen displaying only LibreOffice and the Windows desktop are acceptable.

> It is a no-brainer : either ask in MS writing, consult an attorney for
> each territory of interest (expensive no doubt, and possibly
> unsatisfactory, with fairly heterogeneous answers), or just plain don't
> use MS's stuff.

I profoundly disagree with this excessive over-caution.

S.


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