October 10, HW#5, Deadline Reflection

I thought that the materials we covered in the book this week were pretty interesting. Not so much chapter 7 (the copyright and fair use stuff), but I did like reading chapter 9 which dealt with visual presentation of your documents.

I recently wrote a user guide for a software my team built at work, and I think that this class was a huge help in helping me understand the importance of a good visual presentation. For my guide I actually spent some time thinking about how I could visually break out the different elements within my document before I even began writing it. I ended up looking through a bunch of books that I had looking for some good examples. I ended up incorporating some visuals like a little warning symbol that showed readed information that I really thought they should read. I also started each chapter with a "What Will I Learn" type of section and a brief description of the lesson.

Overall I think this week's lesson was really beneficial and I'm sure I'll be using what I've learned with every document I write.