Designing Instructional Text

This is a practical guide for teachers and trainers who are responsible for designing and writing instructional material. Focusing on layout and the visual presentation of text, the author of this work uses "before and after" formats to illustrate the importance of clarity, structure and emphasis. Page-size; basic planning decisions; typesizes; typefaces; space and structure; writing instructional text; theory into practice; the role of illustrations; tables and graphs; diagrams, charts and symbols; forms; designing electronic text; evaluating instructional text.