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Once you've identified which presentations you need to review, go through each one care-
fully and make screenshots of the slides that use or incorporate data from the database.
Copy the screenshots into a word processing document, print the document, and then store
the document in a folder for later use. (Write the name of the presentation and the date you
captured the screenshots on the folder; you may need to refer to it again at a later time.)
Follow this procedure separately for each presentation.
You want to make sure you don't
accidentally combine two or more presentations together, because this mistake will inevit-
ably lead to mass confusion and result in one huge mess!
Figure 6.5
shows an example of the type of slides you'll examine during this review.
Figure 6.5. Examples of screen presentation slides
Reviewing a presentation is difficult in some cases, and deciding whether you should in-
clude a given slide as a sample is purely a discretionary decision. Therefore, work closely
with the person most familiar with the presentation to ensure that you include all appropri-
ate slides in the samples.
Finally, review web pages that draw information directly from the database. Perform this
review in the same manner as the review for the screen presentations. As with the previ-
ous review, you need to review those web pages that have a direct bearing on the data in
the database. For example, you
don't
need to review a web page that provides a history of
your organization, but you
do
need to review a web page that displays regional employee
information.
Once you've identified which web pages you need to review, take a screenshot of each
page. Copy the screenshots into a wordprocessing document, print the document, and then
