There is frequent mention of "visual space" in this Tutorial. You may want to practice with the DIY Template Demo which can be found at the Website Section 'Eliminating the Great Divide'.There is no charge and registration is not required. Practice as often as you desire. The remainder of the Tutorial assumes that all data related work is done on your own system with whatever applications and DB that you & your HRIS choose to utilize. A full service vendor will use their own platform or perhaps, canned software.
The easiest means of getting started on your Employee benefit statements project is very old-fashioned. Scissors, paper and tape are your friends. - Lay out some sample benefit statements or notes of your desired content, - Cut out blocks of text and tape it onto a larger piece of paper, preferably Tabloid (11" x 17"). - If you need Sample Employee benefit statements to begin the cut and tape procedure, download the pdf samples and print from your own printer.
It is way to early to begin worrying about colors, design or exact text for your employee benefit statement. Instead you should be thinking:1) "I want to cover the following topics on the employee benefit statement."2) "I would like the following sequence and my end Goals are (1,2,3,4,5)."
DIY Tutorial 1: Employee Benefit Statements Getting Started (Visual space)