Imagine the following scenario: a company’s operating procedure has come up for its annual review and is distributed to the appropriate people, one at a time, for comments and updates. When the project manager for this review receives the document back, it no longer looks the same; tables have bullets and indents that do not…
Let’s talk about the intersection of document design and writing. The appearance (design) of how information is conveyed can either enhance or devalue the validity of the subject matter of a document. Different types of documents have different design requirements. For example, a technical manual that has casual or cartoonish graphics and is written as if…