Chapter 20, Additional Case 5: Highlighting Safety Information in Instructions

Chapter 20, Additional Case 5: Highlighting Safety Information in Instructions

This case is best for groups.

Background

Your Assignment

To complete this case, perform the following tasks:

  1. Study Chapter 20, concentrating on the discussion of highlighting safety information.
  2. Study the company's website, especially the Operating Instructions page. Identify the important safety information.
  3. Using the terms danger, warning, caution, and note appropriately, create a new design for the page that effectively highlights the important safety information. If you have additional ideas for revising the design of the instructions, implement them as well. Note: You can download the text on the page by selecting it, copying it, and pasting it into your word processor.
  4. Submit to the company owner a copy of the revised instructions, as well as a 500-word memo in which you explain and justify your recommendations.