Bottom line

• Have extra space at the top.
• Start with a short paragraph.

Have extra space at the top

You want your document to look easy to read. All too often, though, first pages look cramped:

Graphics designers have a trick—they use lots of white space at the top:

Much more inviting, isn't it?

Start with a short paragraph

We already covered this elsewhere, but it bears repeating. Just notice the first paragraph in the image above.

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