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RE: document design: I don't know what I don't know
Subject:RE: document design: I don't know what I don't know From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:31:45 -0400
... no course like this would be complete without _diverse opinions_ on
the number of bullets per slide...
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From: Chris Morton
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 2:29 PM
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Subject: Re: document design: I don't know what I don't know
No course like this would be complete without a discussion on leading
(line spacing), paragraph spacing and, to a lesser degree, kerning. Also
when it's a good idea to use justified text (and more importantly, when
*not* to use it). Use of soft vs. hard carriage returns, how to force
text onto a new page (read: MS Word), how to create running headers,
formatting TOCs...
Also some discussion about appropriate font sizes and font choices for
use in projected documents (e.g., PowerPoint), taking into consideration
the limits of projected imagery, room size, etc. Here it is good
practice to have no more than three bullet points per slide, spilling
over to a second and third slide (having the same title and a
"continued" symbol) as necessary if there are additional bullet points
under that topic.
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