I totally agree with that, in fact I find printing out draft pages and then
cutting them up with scissors, rearranging and sticking back togther with
sellotape very useful sometimes. And therapeutic - at least it gets me
away from the computer for a while !
Emma Willson, National Grid for Learning Content Officer
Becta (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarre, Jane [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 10:05 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: NOF Digitisation text
>
> A friend of mine once described computer screens as 'cognitive condoms'
> meaning that they are hard to read and harder to learn from. On a basic
> level, can I advise everybody to print all their web text and proof read
> it
> on paper to check for spelling mistakes etc. It's amazing how many typos
> can
> sneak into even a short piece of writing!
>
> Jane
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Dawson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 01 November 2002 09:28
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: NOF Digitisation text
>
>
> Colin
>
> Try
> http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nof/support/help/papers/writing-web/
> By a certain D Dawson. Any comments, brickbats and general rewriting
> greatly
> appreciated!
>
> D
>
> David Dawson
> Senior ICT Adviser
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hynson, Colin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 01 November 2002 08:57
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: NOF Digitisation text
>
>
> Apologies for cross-posting
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am involved in the checking and writing of text for our New
> Opportunities
> Fund digitisation project. I have some guidelines abort writing text for
> museums with reference to graphic panels, labels etc. but I have the
> feeling
> that writing text for the web is a whole new ball game.
>
> Is there anybody else out there who is involved in text creation for their
> NOF project and have you come up with any guidelines? This is not to do
> with
> technical specifications, but with text, style length etc. If you have,
> then
> I would love to hear about them.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Colin Hynson
>
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