# Scanning

Picking out a few words or sentences instead of reading everything.

**Source:** “users do not read on the Web; instead they scan the pages” [Concise, SCANNABLE, and Objective: How to Write for the Web (Nielsen Norman Group)](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/concise-scannable-and-objective-how-to-write-for-the-web/)

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