DOCUMENT ANALYSIS ACTIVITY
Analyzing Page Designs
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The two pages shown here come from different government reports. Both are printed on 8½ × 11-inch paper. The questions following each ask you to think about page design as discussed in this chapter.

This is a page that has not had design principles applied. There are no columns or indents or formatted heads to help the user navigate the page.

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How many columns are used in this document? How does the column design affect the readability of the page?

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What type of justification has been used for the text? Was this a wise choice for this page size? Why or why not?

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What alignment features, if any, have been used? What problems with alignment, if any, do you see?
This presents a page using certain design features and asks the student questions about how these design features function. See long description for a detailed description of the page.

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How many levels of headings appear on this page? Are the different levels designed effectively so that they are easy to distinguish? If not, what changes would you make to the design?

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How are rules used on this page? Are they effective? Would you change any of them?

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Describe the design of the body text on this page, focusing on columns and alignment. Is the design of the body text effective? Would you change it in any way?