Welcome to QuikScan.org

QuikScan is an innovative format that makes print and online documents more usable. QuikScan employs summaries throughout the document. These summaries consists of numbered list items. The numbers correspond to numbers placed in the body of the document:

You can read just the summaries. If an idea in a summary interests you, you can use the numbers to quickly scan to where the summarized idea is discussed in full. You can dramatically improve reading comprehension (41%) by reading the summaries and the body text.

QuikScan is non-proprietary; anyone is free to use it and adapt it to their needs.

Learn about QuikScan

QuikScan is explained comprehensively in the article “QuikScan: Formatting Documents for Better Comprehension and Navigation" published in the May 2010 issue of Technical Communication. Here is the working paper with the same information.

Resources for people who know QuikScan

This website is intended to support "QuikScan: Formatting Documents for Better Comprehension and Navigation,” published in the May 2010 issue of Technical Communication or else the working paper. As the article promises, this website offers a whole range of useful resources (see left nav).