Design

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User Voice
Updated on April 25, 2022

Grammar

Capitalization

  • Capitalize according to APA Style

  • Use Title Case capitalization for summarizing content

    • This is in general first heading on a screen
    • Capitalize all words with more letters than 3

  • Use Sentence Case capitalization for everything else

This is a Good Example of the Title Case Capitalization in APA Style.

This is a good example of the sentence case capitalization in APA Style.

Front-loaded information

Users don’t read; they scan the interface for clues.

  • Start with the highest information value
    That’s how users can identify the objective with an initial glance at the beginning.

    Structure

    1 – Objective:
    2 – User action

You can usually tell the objective of the sentence by the article “to“ that introduces the clause.

Remove a document from this tray by right-clicking on it and pressing “Delete”.

To design your workflow, drag activities from the left into this area.

Right-click on a document and press “Delete” to remove it from this tray.

Drag activities from the left into this area to design your workflow.

Active voice
  • Write in an active voice
    This makes a clear, and short sentence structure.

Update your DocuWare Desktop Apps.

The DocuWare Desktop Apps have to be updated by you.

Users get the feeling of direct speech. Because of this active voice is more conversational and encouraging.

Short text blocks

  • Focus on a small number of key concepts

  • Divide long sentences into several sentences according to their key concepts

A scheduled task will be created within the Windows Task Scheduler.
The credentials provided will be stored so that the scheduled task has access to the domain.

A scheduled task will be created within the Windows Task Scheduler, and the credentials provided will be stored so the scheduled task has access to the domain.

If you are unsure about your writing, use the Hemingway App to check your text.

Short text blocks

  • Focus on a small number of key concepts

  • Divide long sentences into several sentences according to their key concepts

  • Use bullets and numbered lists for enumerations

In the file cabinet configuration, you can do the following:

– Select the file cabinet you want to use for Intelligent Indexing
– Define the store dialog to be used
– Define the mapping between the Intelligent Indexing categories and the DocuWare index fields

You change into the file cabinet configuration. There you select the file cabinet you want to use for Intelligent Indexing, and you define the store dialog to be used, and the mapping between the Intelligent Indexing categories, and the DocuWare index fields.

Punctuation
  • Avoid exclamation and question marks
    Use exclamation marks only to highlight content that should not be over read by users. Use only 1 exclamation/questions mark per component.
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