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Figure 18.4 shows the sort of writing technique that you should avoid.
FIGURE 18.4
DON'T:
A web
page that is
difficult to scan.
Because all the information on this page is in paragraph form, your visitors have to read
both paragraphs to find out what they want and where they want to go next.
How would you improve the example shown in Figure 18.4? Try rewriting this section so
that visitors can better find the main points from the text. Consider the following:
These two paragraphs actually contain three discrete topics.
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The ways to plan the garden would make an excellent nested list.
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Figure 18.5 shows what an improvement might look like.
FIGURE 18.5
DO:
An improve-
ment to the
difficult-to-scan
web page.
