i have made a new version without text:
http://twright.homelinux.org/files/screenshot1.png
http://twright.homelinux.org/files/presentation%20wizard%202.xcf
http://twright.homelinux.org/files/Wizard.zip

2008/6/20 Andre Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi Tom,
>
> Tom Wright wrote:
>
>> i will give it a go, could the text be on an overlay on top of the graphic
>> so it can be translated correctly? without text the image doesn't really
>> add any value
>>
>
> Text on an overlay is technically possible but would need quite some work
> to realize. You had to come up with some data file in which to store the
> text, the font, size and colour of the font, and the position of the text,
> possibly different for every language, because of the different text
> lengths.  Some but not all of this could be handled by the resource file
> that is currently used for the wizard.
>
> Besides, half of the text ("Presentation Wizard") is already part of the
> title bar and does not need to be repeated so close to it.
>
> So, I would prefer a version without text.
>
>
>
>> On 19/06/2008, Andre Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tom,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your effort.  I like that new graphic.
>>>
>>> Usually [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be a better place to present new
>>> UI elements but it is good that you have posted your proposal here,
>>> because
>>> there are two technical problems:
>>>
>>> The minor issue is that there are five pages of the presentation wizard,
>>> not three.  Check "From template" on the first page and you will see
>>> pages
>>> four and five.
>>>
>>> The bigger problem is that the graphic contains text which has to be
>>> localized for non-english versions.  For every language we would need
>>> five
>>> new graphics.  I am not sure if this could be integrated into the
>>> translation process.
>>>
>>> I do not want to discourage you.  Maybe you can design a version without
>>> text?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Andre
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Wright wrote:
>>>
>>>  hi,
>>>> i have made a replacement for the graphic at the top of the presentation
>>>> wizard (sorry if this is the wrong place to send it)
>>>>
>>>> if anyone is interested I have posted it here on the forums:
>>>> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6945
>>>>
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