Many people, especially developers, argue that the design of a document should be the final step before you ship your document. Theoretically, this is true; practically, however, we don’t recommend this approach for a number of reasons:
▪If you haven’t prepared appropriate styles for paragraphs, characters, links, and tables, you will have to go through all of your texts again just to apply the formatting. If you set up your templates beforehand, you can assign the appropriate styles right away. ▪While writing, you don’t see what you get. If you don’t see the final result, this makes it more difficult to assume the perspective of the reader and to decide whether your text is easy to comprehend. ▪Writing an unformatted text is simply less motivating than writing an attractive-looking one. Tip:
Usually, the most efficient approach is to design the template beforehand without attempting to make the design pixel perfect at this stage. Instead, aim for about 80% of the quality standard that you want to achieve. Then, start writing and iteratively improve the templates where necessary. When writing is finished, review the design and make final adjustments.
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