Comments on: Your Opinion: Bolding Keyboard Shortcuts

By: Jeff Ornstein

Jeff Ornstein — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:13:01 +0000

Scott:
I love the idea of bold keyboard short cuts; another thought woulf be to use italic or a different color for PC or MAC

By: Karrel

Karrel — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:36:19 +0000

Well I do like the short cuts bolded, but I find myself stumbling, even though I have seen it for years over “Command “C” (Ctrl “C”)”. I know you need to do it but surely there must be a way to make it flow better. Maybe Command/Control with an explanation at the front of the book. For me it is like reading the Lord of the Rings and stumbling every time I come across a name I can’t read. My pea brain can’t process it.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:50:37 +0000

Scott- I liked the bold like everybody else. -Jeremy

By: Carsten

Carsten — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:23:23 +0000

Exellent, I love the bold way.

By: Elo

Elo — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:57:11 +0000

! One more important improvement (applies to all your guide books): they are all great reads but going back to find a specific procedure is a hazzle….After each chapter I would like to have a barebones list of the actions described in the 29 steps in chapter “X”. This way you don’t have to read all the text when all you need to get going is a short recap of the steps involved. This should require only Â½-1 page.

The bolded keyboard shortcuts is one step in this direction which I would highly recommed going forward.

PS Please don’t change your writing style. It is a great way to bring things down to earth and to ensure that your photography experience remains FUN.

By: Kris Mitchell

Kris Mitchell — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:07:21 +0000

Howdy,

As the photowalk leader for Brighton, UK I was fortunate enough to get my book quite early. And yes, I find the bold face to be just fine.

As a educational / reference book it’s important to be able to find your material again in a pinch. The bold face seems to rectify that issue.

However, how likely would the possibility of a “short-cut page” at the very end of the book be? This would then contain all the shortcuts, grouped by Module, in one easy and convenient place.

Just a thought,

Kris

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:01:20 +0000

I think having the KB shortcuts is the overkill. It’s loosely equivalent to emailing someone using all caps.

No doubt this book will be highly useful to me as all of your others have been in the past.

Cheers

By: Dave Kesarisingh

Dave Kesarisingh — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:10:26 +0000

Hi,

This is now my 5th book written by you. Easy to read, easy to understand and the bold makes this faster to use as reference.

Oh, by the way. You and your ‘Jazz hands’ you do on the podcast, has me noticing how many people actually do it, or the other version, the crooner hands, forearms out with a limp wrist shaking. It has me in stitches. I was watching tv, Eli Stone the second episode and Victor Garber was doing a song and dance with his crooner hands. Made me think of you and your Jazz hands!
Sorry for going on about it. Just thought you might like to know.

By: Steve Cribbin

Steve Cribbin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:57:01 +0000

Hi Scott,

This is the first of your books that I have bought, sorry about that.
I assumed that this presentation for keyboard shortcuts was your standard method. Anyway, it is great like this – easy to follow and easy to find later.
Stick with it. Great book, by the way.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:11:36 +0000

I had your Lightroom 2 book on pre-order, and when it came I ran through so many lessons in a row since I was eager to finally educate myself about Lightroom. I’ve used some of your past books, and I have to say the bold keyboard shortcuts help tremendously. I can go back and find them for quick reference, whereas before I had to hunt through a decent amount of text. Keep up the great work!

By: Ralph

Ralph — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:14:21 +0000

Hi 2 all

I’m not sure about the Bold-Shortcuts. In my opinion it destroys the layout of the page. Emphasizing the shortcuts in general is a good idea. It would be worth the time to try out different options. Bold, italic, different type, different color, adding an additional “shortcut-box” at the end of each chapter, etc….. in the end, it’s a book to learn something from it I know, but it should look nice too.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:59:00 +0000

I pre-ordered my copy of the new Lightroom book a long time ago, and I have to say that the bold shortcuts were one of the first things I noticed. I really like them and they are very helpful. Please include them in your future books, including the new CS4 for Digital Photographers (which I’m sure you’re working on).