Document Design: Planning Content and Layout

Both the logical sequencing of information and presenting it with visual impact is critical in creating useful technical documents. Using a practical approach you will learn ways of efficiently planning a document's content and use solid design principles and strategies to create visually effective documents.

Duration: 2 days

Fee: $690 per person

Upcoming Dates:
Jul. 10-11

Prerequisite: No prerequisites.

Workshops can also be conducted in-house for your own teams. Please call or e-mail for a consultation.

Materials: Participants will receive reference materials related to the course.

Further Learning:
Gathering Information: Audience and Task Analysis, Technical Writing: Techniques.

Course content:

• Determining the most appropriate type of document
• Creating an information plan
• Planning the document layout
• Explore formats for technical manuals
• Page layout, page size, white space, margins, typefaces, type sizes, line width, highlighting techniques etc.
• Placing graphics in your documents