: Re: Demo data in screenshots! What are the best practice? My question is related to best practices of making screenshots for end-user documentation. Particularly, is there universal information for

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Assuming native speakers of American English:

For first names:

John
Jack
Mary
Jane

For last names:

Doe
Smith
Jones
Johnson

Full names:

John Doe is native English shorthand for "generic person."
Richard Roe is native English legal shorthand for "second generic person in the same document as John Doe." ["Jane Roe" (an anonymous woman at the time) is the Roe in Roe v. Wade.]
John Q. Public is another recognizable "generic person." Use any first name there.

For company names, I like using Widget for products in conjunction with Co., Company, Corp., Inc., etc. (So House of Widgets, Widgets Inc.) A "widget" is a generic term for "made object or product."

For non-product names, Acme is reasonably generic. (Acme Incorporated) You can also combine some of the other generic terms: SmithCo, Jones & Sons, Acme Widgets.

For addresses:

123 Main Street
Anytown, ST 12345 (ST is standing in for the two-letter state abbreviation)

For websites, I'd just use example.com
For username and password, just put in username and password. You actually want to be straightforward with those fields, not coy and anonymous.

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