Indexes as a navigation tool
I'm always interested in the ways that readers navigate through documents - whether in a print or electronic environment How can we produce documents that are easy for readers to access without getting lost, and without getting frustrated And how can we produce documents that readers can refer back toContents lists and indexes are perhaps the most common navigation tools that function at the whole-document level The quality of the contents list and, in particular, the index, can be...
Read moreThe extinguished bus … being precise with meaning
In everyday conversation, we're often not very precise with our words Most of the time, people understand our intention and our meaning is conveyed Usually, we don't even notice misplaced meanings because we're focusing on the intention and the overall content, rather than specific words and links within sentencesBut sometimes I hear something that makes me giggle Like a radio news report that I heard this morning The journalist announced:"Firefighters have extinguished a burning bus on...
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