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Making reports reader-friendly

Making reports reader-friendly

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Making reports reader-friendly

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- Having a reader-friendly business report is not the same as having a friendly business report reader. However, you can probably have a more friendly reader, if you make certain your report is reader-friendly. As you've progressed through the report writing process, you've made certain to provide all the parts the reader will want and need to see. You've shown the reader why you are recommending your plan to solve the reader's problem. And you've given the reader a visual image with graphics. Certainly all of those will help your audience understand the report, and are part of a reader-friendly report. But now let's look at one final area to help make certain the reader's first impression of your report is a positive one. Does it look easy to read? Those visuals you included combine pictures with written copy to allow the reader a break from reading word after word. But other reader-friendly elements also need to be used. First, look at the Readability Index of the report. Although…

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