No Richard, it is never too late for another coffee - especially with a dram of drambue!
We had to modify the corporate style guide to move the figure captions above the graphic, however once the "powers that be" observed the problem John Posada is running into, objections to the modifications dropped away like a snow flake in the Sahara! Our customers quite complaining! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Richard Inch wrote, "Ok, sorry, I am moving too fast this afternoon. Our users with trackballs did NOT like the single page feature. Is it too late for another coffee?" Regards, Richard Message: 30 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:32:21 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: RE: I want the crossreference to show the whole image To: framers at frameusers.com Message-ID: <OF88C7CC18.52D0532F-ON85257266.00762219-85257266.00765604 at inficon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Ok, sorry, I am moving too fast this afternoon. Our users with trackballs did NOT like the single page feature. Is it too late for another coffee? Regards, Richard **************************************************************************** Richard Combs wrote, "Frankly, every solution other than putting the captions above the figures is a kludge -- which is why we put captions above the figures. Captions above make more sense anyway -- tell the reader what you're going to show them before you show it, not after." We played all of these "kludge" games and gave up on them. Our users with trackballs did like the single page layout, either. Ultimately, we changed our Style Guide to put captions at the top of our figures (and tables). No one has complained since we made that shift. Honestly, I think it makes more sense to have the captions at the top of the figure anyway, from a "linear read" perspective. Regards, Richard ****************************************************** Richard Inch Technical Documentation Manager Intelligent Sensor Solutions INFICON Two Technology Place East Syracuse, NY 13057-9714 phone: +315.434.2507 fax: +315.437.3803 e-mail: richard.inch at inficon.com http://www.inficon.com ****************************************************** NOTICE: - This message including any attachments is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential information protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message including any attachments. ****************************************************** -- Keith L. Smyth President Smyth Consulting --------------------------------------------------- The world will tell you who you are - until you tell the world. --------------------------------------------------- Technical Documentation Consultant
