One advantage of going beyond plain text is the ability to add explanatory screenshots. This can be handy, but many large images can also hide one another and can disorient the reader.
- With more features, live documents can be more effective for teaching than a flat document.
- Headings can make the solutions easily discoverable.
- Live hyperlinks can be used.
- Images can make the solutions easy to understand, even when the reader is caffeine-deprived.
- Keep a healthy balance between images and text.
- Images should tell a narrative that guides the reader to the solution and confirms that steps have been followed correctly.
- The less flat the document, the less it hides.