Designing the Document
Elements to consider when designing a document are:
White space, text, headings, graphics, and medium
List that often used bullets, numbers and often intended.
Itemized list
What type of information do graphics add to your text?
Critical
Color draws a reader's attention ___ the reader pays attention to the ___.
Before, words.
Tables are one of the most ____ graphic aids.
Popular
Where do writers create white space?
Margins, between paragraphs, columns, around graphics, and before itemized lists.
Which list is it important when the sequence is in order?
Numbered list
Good writers create a ___ between words and graphics that ___ a document, allowing readers to move along without ___.
Flow, unifies, interruption.
Uses rows and columns without lines or column headings. What kind of graph is this?
Informal table
Text includes several different factors such as
Font type, size, and highlighting features.
List used when the sequence is not important.
Bulleted list
What are ways to help readers interpret graphs?
Keep them neat and simple, integrate graphics with text, give credit for borrowed graphics, use color effectively.
What can color be used to do?
Emphasize, or clarify an important part.
Arranges information in rows and columns using lines. What kind of graph is this?
Formal table
Highlighting features can include...
Boldface, underline, italics, and capital letters.
How is the reader able to see the organization in one glance?
The Heading
When is a graphic easiest to read?
When it is neat and clean.
Support your text's ___.
Meaning
What are the four types of graphs?
Bar graphs/multiple bar graphs, line graphs/multiple line graphs, pictograph, pie graphs
Pages that are visually friendly help readers stay ___ and find information ____ and ____.
Focused, quickly, easily.
Examples of paper medium include...
Heavy stock, 8 1/2 x 11 paper, or a trifold brochure.
Leave white space so the graphic is ___, and make the graphic ___ enough for the reader to see it easily.
uncluttered,large
Make your document ___.
Attractive.
What is graph is also considered a chart?
Verbal table