Writing for the Web and for multimedia presentations such as MS PowerPoint differs from writing for paper. This writing guide introduces non-writers and print-based writers to multimedia writing. It also provides a step-by-step process for planning text.

This writing guide is useful for:

• Business people who need to write business content
• Traditionally trained writers who want or need to write online content
• Educators who want to learn or teach multimedia writing
• Web designers who produce copy, but lack training as writers

Explore the Basics
Examine multimedia writing
Compare and contrast “traditional” (print-based) writing to “new media” or “multimedia” (computer screen-based) writing

Plan Website Text
Take a content inventory, plan text placement, and start writing

Plan Presentation Text
Specifically design text to be viewed on a projector screen

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