Re: Design/readability question

["Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL>]

>From:  Jennifer Kraus[SMTP:jlkraus -at- AMETEKWATER -dot- COM]
>>
><snip>  So here's my concern...the =
>booklet is set up now so that when you read a section, the text (laid =
>out in four narrow columns) continues from the top of the page OVER the =
>spiral binding, then back up to the top of the page in the next column. =
>Besides the fact that the columns are too narrow to be readable, it =
>seems unnatural to me to have text that continues over a spiral binding. =
> I would naturally read the top half of the page (above the spiral =
>binding) first, then proceed to the bottom half of the page.=20
<<

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Hmm. I don't like it, either. I have a spiral bound notebook on my desk
that I tried to use to simulate your booklet. The spiral binding
provides a visual and psychological barrier between the two pages. It is
uncomfortable and non-intuitive to read through it. A possible exception
is if the spiral is very small and the same color as the paper. Then it
might be all right.


>Bev Parks
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