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| <h1>Eclipse "New and Noteworthy" Template</h1> |
| <p>Last revised Feb. 9, 2005</p> |
| <p>This is the template for the "New and Noteworthy" document that |
| accompanies each Eclipse milestone build.</p> |
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| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> |
| <p align="right"><b>Item title, right justified, in bold, with no trailing |
| punctuation</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">A blurb pitched to a run-of-the mill user of |
| Eclipse (not to members the Eclipse development team). Think of the |
| Eclipse newsgroup as your readership, and imagine what you write showing |
| up in an "Eclipse Tip of the Day" dialog. Try to generate some |
| excitement; save the boring details for the manual. The description should |
| be complete sentences, with trailing punctuation. Also, make it clear to |
| the reader when a feature is something that's part of the Java IDE (say |
| "Java" somewhere) or only found in PDE (say "PDE"). |
| Stick to the default font and size. |
| <p>If a small image sheds light, place it below the description, in a |
| separate paragraph. Regular screen snapshots should be done on Windows XP. |
| Crop out any extraneous stuff to focus the reader's attention on your new |
| feature. <span style="background-color: #FFFF00">The image should be no |
| more than 466 pixels wide and in PNG-24 format</span> (as opposed to GIF, |
| TIF, BMP, or JPG).</p> |
| <p>Microsoft Paint actually saves to PNG on Windows XP and can easily be |
| used to crop and save screenshots:</p> |
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| <li>Arrange the windows for the shot</li> |
| <li>Use the Print Screen key (or Alt+Print Screen) to capture the screen</li> |
| <li>Open Paint (under All Programs > Accessories)</li> |
| <li>Ctrl+V to paste</li> |
| <li>Select the area you want to keep</li> |
| <li>Ctrl+C to copy it</li> |
| <li>Ctrl+N to create a new canvas (ok to discard old one)</li> |
| <li>Ctrl+V to paste selected portion</li> |
| <li>Save As PNG</li> |
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| <p>Name the file is a way that is appropriate and specific to the item |
| (e.g., key-bindings.png, rather than something generic like image.png). |
| Use only lowercase letters in the image file name.</td> |
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