Hello Steve I have to agree with you. Icons are pointless because they can be changed by user. The name in text has to match tool being used. I am not using icons in Impress and Draw guides.
Regards Peter Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Jun 2020, at 10:22, Steve (GMail) <stevemfanning...@gmail.com> wrote: > > All, > > First, many apologies if this topic has been discussed before in this mailing > list. I have a suspicion that it may have been, but I could not locate the > thread. > > The Calc Guide contains many cases where a small image is included in a text > paragraph, showing the icon that appears on a toolbar button mentioned in the > paragraph. My view is that these images are undesirable for the following > reasons: > I assume that they are included to help the user to identify the relevant > icon on his screen. However, given that the user is able to customize his / > her copy of LO by selecting from one of many icon sets (via the Tools > > Options > LibreOffice > View dialog), I think that in many cases the images > may hinder a user rather than help. We are in danger of confusing and > delaying him / her by showing an image of an icon that is not displayed on > his / her screen.Because these images are inevitably taller than the normal > line of text, they often cause extra white space to appear within text > paragraphs which I think is ugly and does not improve readability. > I am not convinced that such images embedded in paragraphs provide the reader > with any useful information or context and would prefer not to use them. > Instead I would make sure that every reference to a toolbar item names the > button correctly and consistently. By correctly, I mean that we use exactly > the name that appears in the button’s tooltip when using the English(US) > version of Calc (omitting any mention of shortcut key sequences). > > Would anybody object if these images were to be removed when we produce the > 7.0 Calc Guide? > > Regards, > > Steve > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
