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| Things to think about
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- Identify the number and type(s) of documents you need
to communicate your message.
- How many documents do you need to communicate your
message? Should you combine information to make fewer documents? Does it make
sense to take apart the information and have more?
- What type of document will communicate your message
best? Would a poster be better than a brochure? Would a summary be more useful
than a full report?
- If you have a group of documents, make sure that terms
are used consistently. Words should mean the same thing in each document.
- Identify a person and a schedule to do the edit.
- Learn about plain language writing. Use the handbook
Write for Your Reader to help you.
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| Be a plain language advocate. |
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- Apply plain language guidelines when you
write new documents.
- Organize plain language training for
people who write public documents.
- Encourage your agency or government
department to develop a plan to apply plain language guidelines to your public
documents.
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