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Document design continues

and due on Friday, in hard copy.  In class on Friday, you will also post your formal final project proposal.

Do not forget the May 1 deadline for extra credit on your directions.

Today, we look at captions associated with your images.  Generally:

  • Use text box OR adjust the figure/caption option in MSWord
  • Use small font, like 8-9 pt.  Consider bold or italics.
  • Align with "snap lines" (to be demonstrated in class)

Using a pull quote?  Try this tutorial.

Some help in these two tutorials focused on images/captions:

What about using a dingbat at the close of your document?

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Two grammar/punctuation ideas:

  • single quotes are quite rare; use double quotes (about 80% of the time)
  1. Grammar Girl's take
  1.  
    1. Slate article by composition professor Andrew Heisel
  • check affect/effect in your reviews.  Go back to Grammar Girl, for guidance on this.
Posted on Monday, April 18, 2016 at 06:59AM by Registered CommenterMarybeth Shea | CommentsPost a Comment | References1 Reference

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