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Web Word Wizardry

A Guide to Writing for the Web and Intranet

Rachel McApline

2001

264 pages

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Keywords

Interface Design

Textual Design

 

Web Word Wizardry is a useful resource for web writing. The second chapter summarizes keywords that enable the transformation from print writing to web-based writing.

“Think Web” means “Think:”

web culture

context

screen

skim-reading

fluid format

keywords

search engines

links

interaction

international

(McAlpine 10-11)

McApline’s first-person voice makes the book interesting and amusing, as well as instructive.