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Icons for Technical Writers 1.0

A set of icons for writers of help files, software technical documentation, guides and user manuals. LuckyIcon Art has developed (jointly with Baffled by Technology, an R&D spin-off of Nevada Learning Series - a company that has authored reference manuals for 225 software titles, published in 13 different languages, and sold 21 million guides worldwide) a set of icons that can significantly reduce the time needed for writing user manuals and software product help files Using the Icons for Technical Writers set during the writing of documentation allows you to considerably reduce the number of program screenshots, facilitate the perception of given information to the maximum and simplify the process of studying for end users. The set contains icons that identify the most common user activities: pressing buttons, mouse-clicking, selecting menu items, switching between tabs, opening files, etc. Visual perception of the icons has been thoroughly tested with a large group of target users. The most illustrative and intuitive icons were selected among the vast number of various possibilities. All icons are available in EPS, TIFF, PNG and GIF formats suitable for use in publications, websites, PDF and CHM files.The Icons for Technical Writers v1.0 details: - 34 icons - 32/24-bit and 256 color icons - all icons in EPS, TIFF, PNG, and GIF formats - 300 dpi icons suitable for printing publications - 100x100, 24x24 and 16x16 pixel icons for PDF, HLP, and CHM files used in help systems and helpdesks