GNVQ ICT - Intermediate

Unit 1 - Presenting Information

Document Analysis

Hyperlinks on the level above: [Home Page for Unit 1] [ Up ]

Hyperlinks:

On this level:

Document Analysis
Document Collection
Comparing Emails
Document Types

On the level below:

 

 

FIRST - You should click this link and read the detailed information about the technical features of documents.  This will help you when you are completing the task below and also in doing the document comparisons for the Unit 1 assignment.

Click on this link for the analysis document  - then complete it for the business letter you have been given.

Click on this link for the technical description document - then complete it for the business letter you have been given/you have brought in to analyse.

The documents you download should look like the ones shown below:

DOCUMENT ANALYSIS TASK

Complete the boxes below (each will expand to fit your explanations):

Document Details: __________________________________________

What is the purpose of the document?

 

What is the target audience for the document?

 

Look at the layout of the document. What does it contain (eg. Large bold font used; colour photograph; large margins all round etc.)

 

Look at the language used in the document. Is it suitable for its purpose and audience? Give some examples of words or phrases that are/are not suitable.

 

Suggest at least 3 possible improvements to the document.

 

Give at least 3 good points of the document you have looked at and discussed.

 

 

 

Document description

page size and orientation

 

paragraph format

 

margins

 

headers and footers

 

line spacing

 

fonts

 

layout grids

 

templates

 

use of white space

 

titles and headings

 

Font sizes

 

bold italic and underline (text attributes)

 

hanging indents

 

tables

 

tabs

 

upper and lower case

 

subscript and superscript

 

graphics

 

colour

 

borders and shading

 

dividing lines (rules)

 

bulleted and numbered lists

 

justification

 

columns

 

special symbols

 

charts and graphs

 

contents and indexes

 

 

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