Collaborative exercise. Since you are taking a specialized writing course, your supervisor has asked you to give a presentation on document design. You decide to include the following information as part of your presentation (this is not the entire presentation). Create 6 or more PowerPoint slides to accompany the information. Organize and present the information in the way that seems most appropriate to you.
Save the slides to your My Documents folder and to the Hand In folder. Use your last names as the filename. Note: once your file is in the Hand In folder, you no longer have access to it.
Emphasize With Type
You can use many typography features to emphasize information. Changing the type size will make words stand out. A different typeface is another means of highlighting information or signaling a particular kind of information. For short bits of information, you can put the word or words in uppercase. A change in type style—bold or italic, for example—marks the text as worthy of noting. Underlined words get more attention because they are different from other words around them. The reader will naturally follow eye-directing symbols and, consequently, notice a particular point. Text that is in an unusual position always attracts attention. Rules (lines) and boxes are especially useful for identifying a specific kind of information which is repeated in a document. Computers and color printers make it easy to use color to emphasize main points or to mark repeated features in a text. Because readers assume that things that contrast with their background are important, you can use reverse type to highlight information.
C. McPherson. EH/CM 301, EH 300. Revised 2002.