Considering the fact that the majority of readers and viewers don't always read the text in a document, but rather scans the document as a whole (Jakob Nielson, 1997), it can be concluded that the designs of the document play a large role in making it a good document.
So, from my point of view, a good document will need an interesting and eye-catching layout to begin with, followed by a witty, straight-to-the point text.
The purpose of having a good designed document? (Reep, Diana.C)
- they guide the readers through the text by directing attention and also increases the reader's ability to remember the highlighted sections.
- they increase the reader's interest in a document. Eye-catching and attention-getting formats keeps the readers focused on the intended document.
- they create a document that reflects the image you want your readers to imagine and remember.
Based on the 3 purposes of having a good designed document, I shall now highlight some of the improvements that can be done on these slides:- There is not set highlighted sections in this slide. Although all the points are crucial to the presentation, there should be highlighted key words in order for the readers to remember the points given.
- Since this was a class presentation involving students, a more friendly image could have been projected in order to keep the students focused and interested in the presentation. But the image reflected through these slides were straight-forward and clean, which sometimes does not appeal to the younger generations.
- Jakob Nielson, 1997, How Users Read On The Web, online, retrieved 11 September 2009, from http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html
- Reep, Diana.C, 2006, Document Design, Chapter 6, pp. 133-172, retrieved 11 September 2009, from Unisa Library
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