DESIGN STRATEGIES

A visual guide to technical writing

Thomas Halan

TECHNICAL WRITING
Using structure to effectively communicate

AUDIENCE

Know your audience

The readerdoes not start by knowing what we mean. If

our words are ambiguous, our meaning will escape him. I
sometimes think that writing is like driving sheep down a
road. If there is any gate opens to the left or the right the
readers will most certainly go into it. -C.S. Lewis

HEADS
Subject Matter

Its best to group under headings

CHUNKS
Manageable reading, important for
document design

ACCURACY
Information being conveyed MUST be
accurate. Technical writing is fact.
Your information is being relied on.

GUIDE ACTION