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Top 10 Tips for Using the SAP Design Guild Efficiently
Updated: January 29, 2009
We offer the following "top 10 tips" for using the SAP Design Guild as a service to our visitors. Hopefully, they make the SAP Design Guild much more efficient and enjoyable to use.
Tips
- Getting a quick overview of the SAP design resources (guidelines and papers) and articles
- Printing articles and guidelines
- Downloading guidelines
- Getting an overview of the SAP Design Guild Website
- Editions – articles on relevant topics in the SAP UI design field
- Highlight topics – articles under a common framework.
- Finding important events in the design field
- Finding infos on books and people in the design field and links to other Websites
- Glossaries – finding precise definitions quickly
- Design articles and more...
Tip 1: Getting a Quick Overview of the SAP Design Resources (Guidelines and Papers) and Articles
For getting an overview of all guidelines and design papers simply click the Resources tab and you will be guided to the resources overview page.
For a quick overview of the articles published on the SAP Design Guild Website (mostly from the Editions and the Community section), please, go to the article list. There you will find an overview of the article topics. If you click a topic link you will be moved to the page containing a list of articles for the respective topic.
There is also an alphabetical article list, displaying all SAP Design Guild articles on one page.
Tip 2: Printing Articles and Guidelines
- Articles: For each article, there is a print version; you can access it via a link at the top right of the article (with printer icon).
- Guidelines: For most of the guidelines there is a printable PDF version; you can access it from a link at the top of the table of contents of the guideline.
Note: As the PDF files require a lot of memory space, we advise you not to print the guideline from the Adobe Acrobat plugin in the Web browser. Instead, download the PDF file to your local hard disk and print it from the stand-alone Acrobat application.
Tip 3: Downloading Guidelines
The easiest way to download a guideline is to download the PDF version of the guideline (for access, see above). This way, you can also easily print the guideline. If you want to download the online version of the guideline use a tool for downloading Websites; Microsoft Internet Explorer also allows to download Websites. Use the file index.htm(l) as starting node.
Online guidelines can be easily used stand-alone – they do not require a Web server or the creation of complex folder hierarchies.
Tip 4: Getting an Overview of the SAP Design Guild Website
Simply click the link to the sitemap in the banner area. The sitemap can be accessed from any page (except from guidelines and pages that open in a new window).
Tip 5: Editions – Articles on Relevant Topics in the SAP UI Design Field
Editions offer article collections dedicated to a UI-related topic in the SAP environment and appear about once a year.
The most recent edition covers accessibility once again. Previous editions featured topics, such as SAP Workplace, reporting, portals, accessibility, collaboration, branding , composite applications, and User Productivity. There is also a special edition featuring SAP User Experience.
The previous Philosophy section, now offered as an edition inside the Editions section (called Edition 0), provides articles on the motivation behind SAP's commitment for usable software – here you find articles from consultants that helped SAP on it's way...
Tip 6: Highlight Topics – Articles Under a Common Framework
Highlight topics are collections of related articles that had been published on the SAP Design Guild before and are now offered under a common framework.
The most recent highlight topic covers human performance at the computer, the previous one universal usability.
Tip 7: Finding Important Events in the Design Field
Click the Community tab in the header area and you will be guided to the UI Events page. There is also an events archive.
Tip 8: Finding Infos on Books and People in the Design Field and Links to other Websites
In the Books & People area in the Community section you will find pages with information on books and people relevant in the UI and graphic design field. There you will also find more than 40 book reviews.
In the Goodies, there are several pages offering links relevant to graphic and user interface design.
Tip 9: Glossaries – Finding Precise Definitions Quickly
In the Goodies, the SAP Design Guild offers glossaries on User Experience, Color, Collaboration, Branding , Mobile, Accessibility, Universal Usability, Performance, and Semiotic Engineering.
Tip 10: Design Articles and More...
The Design tidbits offer a variety of articles on different design issues. Also check the editorials for more general design articles. Readers report their experiences, projects, and opinions in the Stories corner. All of these articles appear within the Community section.
