Chapter 4 Conducting Research for Technical Communication技术交流4章进的研究

1、1technical communication is based on .technical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 22a technical communicator makes decisions about aspects of design based on the and .technical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 2 3readers - view a page as a whole unit- scan the page to get a

2、sense of layout and structure- determine the pages “” by looking at title, headings and subheadingstechnical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 24- shows main items or most important topics in primary headings- shows secondary items in second level of headings or subheadings technical com

3、municationch 8: page layoutdocument design 25- use same (parallel) grammatical structure- show the structure (outline) of the documenttechnical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 26- web pages (often cluttered)- computer screens (shaped differently)- electronic text (fuzzier than print)te

4、chnical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 27- vertical- horizontal- combined see fig. 8.3 on p. 135technical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 28- isolates and emphasizes important elements and areas- keeps related elements together- breaks up regular visual pattern- provides

5、 breathing room between blocks of information see fig. 8.4 on p. 136technical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 29adjust the - white space between columnsuse ample - white space around edges of a pagetechnical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 210avoid - a paragraphs opening

6、line left at the bottom of the pageavoid - a paragraphs closing line left at the top of the next pagetechnical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 211- bulleted - numbered (for series or steps)technical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 212dont overuse bullets.avoid using fancy

7、 icons.use punctuations only when required.use parallel grammatical structure. technical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 213- size headings by level- choose appropriate heading size- make headings visually consistent- make headings grammatically paralleltechnical communicationch 8: pag

8、e layoutdocument design 214- use no more than 4 levels of heading- divide the text logically - do not write the first sentence as a continuation of the heading - do not leave a heading floating at the bottom of a pagetechnical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 215- use fonts from only on

9、e typeface- be consistent if you mix typefaces- use italics, boldface and all caps sparingly- avoid going below 12-point type- make headings at least 2 points larger than the texttechnical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 216 table of contents index running heads running feet electronic searching or “find” featuretechnical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 217 web pages online help adobe acrobat and pdf files cds and other mediatechnical communicationch 8: page layoutdocument design 218 organizational style guides wor