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Discuss about information entry and modification screens.

  1. Organization:
    • Arrange screens logically, meeting the user’s information needs for the task.
    • Prioritize frequently used or essential information at the top and on early screens.
  2. Captions:
    • Use meaningful captions to clearly identify information to be entered or selected.
    • Display captions in a headline style (capitalize significant words).
    • Consistently position captions in relation to associated controls (left- or right-aligned).
  3. Text Boxes/Selection Controls:
    • Designate these controls with boxes, using a line border or polarity reversal.
  4. Spacing and Groupings:
    • Group elements logically in medium-size groupings (5 to 7 elements).
  5. Headings:
    • Use headings to identify groupings, set off from related controls using upper case or mixed-case headline style.
  6. Control Arrangement:
    • Align controls into columns with a top-to-bottom, left-to-right arrangement.
  7. Required and Optional Input:
    • Decide whether to distinguish between required and optional data input based on user experience.
    • If distinction is needed, consider it as a form of completion aid.
  8. Instructions and Completion Aids:
    • Include necessary instructions on screens, placed before the controls they apply to.
    • Place completion aids to the right of the controls they apply to.

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