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Output
Output may be...
  • displayed on a screen (monitor)
  • printed on paper (printer or plotter)
  • sound (speaker)

 
Output screens need to be designed to be attractive and display the results in an uncomplicated and easy-to-read way.

Printed reports must be clear and it must be easy for the user to find information.

All output design must be carried out with the target audience in mind....

.....young or adult?
.....skilled in IT or not?
.....intelligent or not?

 

 Printed output is often referred to as 'hard copy'.
Results may be organised in tables :
ID Product Sales Amount
327 Green Ice Cream 132 £26.50
329 Chocolate Frogs 76 £18.20
347 Sugar beans 21 £8.76
351 Iced elks 167 £167.20
352 Blue soup 92 £184.00
 

...or as graphs (charts)...
 

Complex situations are usually better displayed using a diagram....

..a picture paints a thousand words...
Visual output may be in the form of animation...and must be displayed on a monitor (screen).

Multimedia output is presented using a mixture of graphics, animation, sound and text.