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 1. What is Multimedia Writing?


 2. Why Are Words Important?


 3. Traditional Writing vs. Multimedia Writing.


 4. Creating Your Content.


 5. Make Your Words Work.


 6. Writing With Style.


 7. Words As Graphic Elements.


 8. Formatting Text in a Multimedia Environment.


 9. Special Considerations for Websites.


10. Special Considerations for Visual Presentations.


Appendix.


Great (Writer-Friendly) Software for Websites and Presentations.


Finding Help Along the Way.


Glossary.


Chapter Answers.

Barbara Moran spent 20 years in "mainstream news" (as editor of a city magazine and a weekly newspaper, on-air radio news reporter, and staff writer for San Diego Union and Atlanta Constitution). In 1989, she left traditional media to become part of the new Web-based media. She worked for two search engines as an online editor, and she has freelanced extensively online. She wrote The Internet Directory for Kids & Parents (IDG Books) and contributed a chapter on multimedia writing to English for Careers: Business, Professional, and Technical by Leila Smith (Prentice Hall). Founder/ editor of her own K-12 educational Website (www.specialspecies.com), Ms. Moran serves as a communications consultant and teaches Internet-, computer-, and communications-related subjects at the college level (at San Francisco State University and San Mateo Community College District). She has her B.A. in telecommunications from Kent State University and her master's in instructional technology from the School of Education at San Francisco State University. To contact her consulting service, email msbmoran@yahoo.com.

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