How physical text layout affects reading from screen

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 377-393

  Dyson, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; FILE EDITORS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; USER INTERFACES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES; PHYSICAL TEXT LAYOUT; WORD FORMATS;

WORD PROCESSING;

EID: 8344285692     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290410001715714     Document Type: Review

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