Designing Documents and Web Sites

Designing technical documents have never crossed my mind. Never knowing that what I write on a day to day basis is a technical document. Writing memos, meeting minutes, resumes, and papers for as long as I can remember has made me never think twice about what I am writing. Reading this chapter made me think about the actual goals of when you write the documents. Goals to make a good impression on the reader, help the reader find information, understand the information, and understand the information. I knew that when you are writing anything at all you have a goal in mind but having that goal accomplish takes many steps along the way. Also I never thought about the time and effort goes into writing technical documents until this chapter. Writing documents for work and school I never have took the time to plan and design my documents. Writing memos for work is like second nature to me and there is not much to think about anymore. I just write what major things have happened throughout my shift. Some documents take more time and effort to write and some are easier. Having an effective document with a good design can help the reader accomplish tasks, learn something new, or make someone understand something. Planning out the document and proof reading after it is written is just some tricks into making the document successful and effective.