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Chalkboard

A process, or how a piece of software works, is drawn step by step along a long chalkboard: the camera follows the steps, who does what keeps its own row, and each step's words are written large in chalk.

Document: Wikipedia: Fraction; Wikipedia, "Fraction" (rev 1383565787); the product's writer chose the scenes, narrated in the Ada and Theo and Cole voices. Kind: concepts and processes; Chalkboard suits this kind. In the showcase video the Zıpır team chose the format.

Chalkboard across the eight document kinds

It suits 2 kinds; for the other 6, another format works better. The sentence on a row that does not suit is the note the panel shows on that document.

Concepts and processessuitsSteps and rulessuitsNumbers and databetter: Summary presentationDates and order of eventsbetter: TimelinePlaces and layoutsbetter: Illustrated explainerParts and structurebetter: WhiteboardContracts and legislationbetter: Document walk-throughProducts and featuresbetter: Showcase

  1. Concepts and processes — suits

    a natural process, a science or economics text, why and how something happens.

  2. Steps and rules — suits

    ordered steps, a recipe, usage instructions, a workplace safety rule, a statute article saying who must do what.

  3. Numbers and data — does not suit

    “This document explains numbers and data; Chalkboard works better on documents that explain step by step how a process or a piece of software works. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Summary presentation

  4. Dates and order of events — does not suit

    “This document explains dates and an order of events; Chalkboard works better on documents that explain step by step how a process or a piece of software works. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Timeline

  5. Places and layouts — does not suit

    “This document explains places and layouts; Chalkboard works better on documents that explain step by step how a process or a piece of software works. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Illustrated explainer

  6. Parts and structure — does not suit

    “This document explains the inner structure of something; Chalkboard works better on documents that explain step by step how a process or a piece of software works. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Whiteboard

  7. Contracts and legislation — does not suit

    “This document is a text such as a contract or legislation; Chalkboard works better on documents that explain step by step how a process or a piece of software works. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Document walk-through

  8. Products and features — does not suit

    “This document presents the features of a product; Chalkboard works better on documents that explain step by step how a process or a piece of software works. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Showcase

Two rules hold in every format: every sentence on screen is a verbatim quote from your document, shown with its page and line; no video is produced until you approve the scene plan. See it in a video

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