Safety First

It is my affair to ensure that in all members of the band and entourage are aware of the health and safety implications of using computers. I have decided to design a simple post horse to illustrate to staff the dos and dont of using a computer.ResearchI did around question into the major health issues associated with the accustom of computers. I decided to delectation the internet to do this. There are many websites on the internet and so to cut slash my search, I used a Boolean search, which is using words such as and, non and or. utilize +, and another(prenominal) operations would also help me to find the websites I needed e.g. computer + health and safety. By typewriting this in, I found many useful websites. The main, understandable websites I found were* www.learninglink.ac.uk/keepfit/* www.utoronto.ca/safety/ergoweb/vdt.html* www.intranet.westminster.org.uk/help/ oecumenical/Health_Safety/H_S.asp* www.ehs.ohio-state.edu/index.asp?PAGE=ohse.computer* www.healthycompu ting.com/office/setupI also used www.waverley.gov.uk/environment/has_computer.asp which proved to be a very useful website.Major Health and Safety Issues Associated with the Use of ComputersFrom looking at these websites, I got some ideas of the safety issues that should be considered when using a computer and I was then able to make up some of my own safety precautions for using a computer. I decided to include the following* exercising blinking regularly* Rest your eyes during breaks* Take frequent posture breaks* Occasionally stop and dilute at your desk* Check that direct light is good enough for you to read the information on the overwhelm without straining you eyes.* Vary the distance of the screen from your eyes.* Angle screen to reduce glare* Keep the screw and shoulders relaxed and the elbows in close to the waist.* Ensure that the backrest of the chair is adjusted to provide good support, particularly for the shorten of the lower back (lumbar area).* Position the scre en directly in front of you and tilt it so it is face you* Tilt the keyboard using the small feet at the back, so you can type youre your wrists straight* Rest your wrists on the desk when not typing* Do not grip the mouse tightly* Keep the neck and shoulders relaxed* localize the chairs height and angle* Keep your feet verticalDeciding upon a software to useI chose to use the package Microsoft newspaper publisher rather than Microsoft Word (word processor). MS Publisher can be used to take pages that combine school schoolbook with graphics and this makes it ideal for the production of my poster. However before choosing to use MS Publisher, I considered using Microsoft Word as it can insert pictures and WordArt and this would be useful for the production of my poster. However, I before long completed that Word Processor is mainly a type of software used for writing text edition e.g. letters and stories.Word Processor also pushes the text out of the way when a picture is inse rted. canvas MS publisher to Word clearly showed me that MS Publisher was a more suitable software. Using MS publisher has many advantages like having more control over the way in which text is laid out compared with an ordinary word processor. Pictures and text boxes can be laid out highly accurately, giving a professional look to my poster. Therefore, using this software for my poster is ideal and MS Publisher proved to have many advantages in producing my poster.Format of postersNow that I had d one and only(a) some research and found some information to put into my poster, I looked at posters on walls to get a around idea of how big my poster should be, what it should look like and how much information should be included. I realised that most of them had big, eye-catching titles and very little writing. Most of them had pictures and diagrams and information was put in short sentences. about posters had a labelled picture. I realised that colour is a great way to enhance a pos ter, draw someones attention and to make a poster look more attractive. People will not read a lot of text, and certainly wont read standard journal-sized text, and so a big grimace must be used for my poster. My poster also needs to be understandable, but most of all it needed to be attention-grabbing. In order for my audience to look at my poster in detail, it has to be eye-catching and noticeable.I decided to make a rough plan of my poster first, on an A4 component part of paper.Creating My PosterI opened Microsoft Publisher and realised that it did not have a poster woof and in that locationfore I had to consider using a different layout or a Quick Publication. I browsed around the MS Publisher options and realised that it did have a poster option on the blank Publications section. I decided to use this option to create my poster. This option allowed my poster to be more than one A4 page. In fact, altogether it would be 60cm by 45cm this in total is nine pages. I started to make my poster by looking at my first draft. I used the measurements tool palette to place the text boxes in a position that I wanted. This was a useful advantage of MS Publisher and do my poster look professional.ModificationsWhen I had completed my poster, I printed it off and showed it to a champ, who critically appraised my work. I make the following adjustments* My friend had pointed out that my title could be bigger and bold so that it was more eye-catching.* My friend pointed out that my poster could be much more exciting by adding a background, and more colour. Therefore, I added a background.* My friend also pointed out that my poster was too plain and dull. He also told me that there were too many white bits on my poster, and more colour was needed. Therefore, I chose to fill the titles background yellowish and the other text boxes light purple.Overall, all these modifications contributed to the overall professional manner of my poster, making it eye-catching and brigh t. I then printed out the last and final version of my poster, which came out to be in total, nine pages. on the whole these pages contained tiles, which made it easy to cut and stick these pages together, so that all the words and all the pictures joined up accurately. Unfortunately, I did not have enough time to cut and stick these pictures together, however I tranquilize think my poster is big, eye-catching and easy to understand.