Abstract
This paper presents users' preferred line length and its effect to user performance when they read Chinese technical text. A web-shaped software is developed to record user behaviors. The participants are asked to adjust the length of the text until they feel comfortable with. The study includes two tasks, pre-reading task and while-reading task. In pre-reading task, participants adjust the line length and stop at their preferred line length; while-reading task record user's further adjusted line length when they are reading. The study shows that 76 CPL (character per line) is the preferred line length with a good score and task-solving efficiency. This finding can be used to help decide the line length for Chinese technical text.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2019 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm) |
| Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 243-247 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-7281-2566-4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-7281-2567-1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Aug 2019 |
| Event | IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2019 - RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Duration: 23 Jul 2019 → 26 Jul 2019 https://attend.ieee.org/procomm/ |
Publication series
| Name | IEEE International Professional Communication Conference |
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| Publisher | IEEE |
| Volume | 2019 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2158-091X |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2158-1002 |
Conference
| Conference | IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2019 |
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| Abbreviated title | ProComm 2019 |
| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Aachen |
| Period | 23/07/19 → 26/07/19 |
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Keywords
- Line length
- reading experience
- Technical communication