Applies to software products providing office applications such as document production, desktop publishing, finance, and planning that present their functions via a graphical user interface. Applies to software products for people who are familiar with office work but who are at present not necessarily familiar with computer-based applications. ISO/IEC 11581 is meant to be used by persons involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of icons for graphical user interfaces to computer-based office applications, and by procurers of systems that employ such interfaces. Other parts of ISO/IEC 11581 contain: graphics of commonly used icons, and descriptions of the functionality of the icons. This part of ISO/IEC 11581-1 provides a framework for the development and design of icons and their application on screens capable of displaying graphics as well as text. It contains: general requirements and recommendations for icons; global variations to the graphical representations of icons.