Hi all,
Visualization in documentation aims to facilitate the communication of
knowledge through the use of graphics, icons, tables, screenshots,
colors and artful guidance of the reading direction. When I looked
through the documents on
http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html and the online
help I found several insufficiencies with respect to visualization. In
order to dispose of these flaws I would like to make the following
suggestions:
Assure a consistent layout in ooo documents to enable easy orientation
within the documents.
Reduce the icon size in the documents. Their actual size constrains the
flow of reading because they get too much attention.
In the table of contents of the OpenOffice User Guide highlight chapter
titles, do not provide more than three chapter levels and create chapter
groups. The current table of contents is too confusing. The user does
not easily know where a new chapter begins.
Do not indent bullets and numbers in lists. Bullets and numbers already
indicate a list. Indentation means over-formatting.
In online help use tables also for action alternatives. Tables are a
good means to present contents clearly arranged. If we use normal text
for menu selections, we could use tables for action alternatives
(for example, context menus and icons). Users can then find quickly what
they need.
What do you think of it?
Martina
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