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  • Welcome to the GRID Toolkit!
  • Writing for your audience
    • Identify your audience
    • Tailor your writing
    • Address audiences separately
    • Choose simple language
  • Organizing information
    • Consider reading patterns
    • Break up your text
    • Add appropriate graphics
    • Include finding tools
  • Designing accessibly
    • Accessible design is a priority
    • Select fonts carefully
    • Be mindful of your colors
    • Use links effectively
    • Test for accessibility
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  1. Writing for your audience

Address audiences separately

Don't make your reader read useless content to get to what they need.

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If you have to present information to different groups, address each of them separately.

References

Bedford Writing Handbook. Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers, Integrated Media, 2014.

Federal Plain Language Guidelines. The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN), 2011.

Only address one audience in a section. Separate out different audiences visually and in your writing.