Document Design A Guide for Technical Communicators

Name: Document Design A Guide for Technical Communicators
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ISBN: 9780312436995

ISBN-10: 0312436998

ISBN-13: 9780312436995

Edition: 2008

Authors: Ann R. Hawkins, Miles A. Kimball

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The technological revolution of the last ten years has radically changed document designers' materials, processes, and tools of the trade. In short, choices about everything from typography and color to planning and production have changed even multiplied. The first new text for the college market in ten years, Kimball and Hawkins'Document Designassumes from the start that students are working online to produce a fuller range of print and online documents, designed and delivered differently in a digital world. Through practical, accessible advice and examples, Kimball and Hawkins lay out the array of elements and choices that document designers need to consider, all in the context of a…

Book details

List price: $65.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 12/12/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English




Principles



What is Document Design?


Document Design as Information Design


The Document in Document Design


From Document to Design


Document Design as a Relationship


Levels of Design


Design & Emotion


Visual Design



Principles of Design


Design Objects & Their Characteristics


Six Principles of Design


Using Design Principles



Theories of Design


Visual Perception


Visual Culture


Visual Rhetoric



Processes



The Whole Document


Three Perspectives on the Whole Document


Making Decisions about Medium


Making Decisions about Format



Pages


Three Perspectives on Pages


Viewing Pages


Creating Meaning with Page Design


Using Grids for Page Design



Type


Three Perspectives on Type


Looking at Type


Designing Documents with Type


Using Typographic Styles


Digital Type


Type on Screen



Graphics


Three Perspectives on Graphics


Graphics & Design Principles


Graphics & Ethics


Why Use Graphics?


Information Graphics


Promotion Graphics


Creating & Modifying Graphics


Incorporating Graphics into Documents



Color


Three Perspectives on Color


Color on Paper and Screens: RGB & CMYK


Designing with Color


Working with Color on Computers



Displaying and Collecting Data


Three Perspectives on Lists, Tables, & Forms


Lists


Tables


Forms



Production



Projects


Project Management


Working with Design Teams


Models of Project Management


Planned Iterations: A Mixed Approach



Production


Printing Technologies


Paper


Ink


From Design to Document


Preparing Designs for the Press


Proofs