Learning to use electronic text

Increasingly available electronic information systems raise questions about the comparability of print presented on a page and on a screen. Research is needed on how users learn to cope with three aspects of such systems. Studies in typography could profitably focus on the appropriate density for electronic text, and on the perceptions of younger users. Research on interactive graphics might examine how users learn to manipulate images along with text. And there needs to be further investigation of how people 'navigate' in electronic information; the success of various kinds of cues and help systems are worthy subjects for study. Understanding the use of electronic text needs closer ties between human f actors and learning research.