atw: Re: Symbology

Oh so true.
Technical text so frequently uses words for no apparent reason than that
they have more syllables.


On 29/08/06, Michael Edward Granat <megranat@xxxxxxxx> wrote: 

Hi Howard (S)

The Collins defines symbology as n. the use, study, or interpretation of
symbols.

Myself, I'd have a Glossary of Symbols, just as I would have a Glossary
of Icons and a Glossary of Words, where necessary.

But I suggest that symbology is a bit abstruse and ambiguous for
most user manual audiences.  It just seems a pretentious title for
which something in Plain English would prove to be far more
communicative, without needing a second thought from the reader.

HTH.

Cheers,

Micky G.
Write Ideas
www.writeideas.com.au

> In a document I've been editing I came across the term 'symbology'. It
> referred to an explanation of the symbols used in a display - what I'd
> usually call a legend or key.
>
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