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When I worked at the city power plant, the engineers wanted all of the
reference material I produced for them to be 11x17. We printed it
single-sided, bound at the top, with a spiral binding so pages could be
flipped easily. The engineers also often had me print out individual
individual pages that they could laminate and post/hang in clusters from the
equipment it related to. Because they were working in areas that didn't
often have the best lighting, or a lot of coal dust, the smallest font I
could use was 14pt.
For your situation, which I assume to be much different, my only comment
would be to use three or four columns rather than just two. The eye really
only wants to scan so far across the page.
You might also want to modify your headers/footers - "typical" styles that
run across the full width of an 8 1/2x11 sheet might not look as good when
expanded to the 11x17.
FWIW,
L
-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:JPosada -at- book -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:59 AM
Question:
has anyone ever delivered finished documentation in 11X17 (17 across) format
instead of 8-1/2X11?
My documentation contains a great deal of diagrams and tables. Normally, I
orientate them sideways, but in this case, half my stuff would be rotated.
For pages that contain text, I would format the pages in two columns so the
line length doesn't get out of hand.
The delivery format for this deliverable is HC and only internal, so aside
from finding binders this size, can anyone come up with issues other than
personal preferences?
John Posada
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