My purpose: To help you quickly grasp hypertext concepts in order to write effectively online. The theory and practical tips offered here explain how to compose high-quality hypertext that readers will find easy to read and navigate.
The focus here is online textual content, not Web page design.
Following the introduction, I attempt to answer the following questions:
What is hypertext?
How do hypertext documents differ from print documents?
How does hypertext authoring differ from print authoring?
How can hypertext documents be organized?
Why create links?
What style of writing works online?
For more information about writing online:
Check out my references for this paper
Review my annotated list of Web and print resources
An Expanded Table of Contents (TOC) provides a clickable list of topics under each question.
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Last Updated: May 2, 2001
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