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Subject:RE: Number List with Only One Item? From:Stephen Arrants <sarrants -at- roidirect -dot- com> To:"'Hager, Harry (US - East Brunswick)'" <hhager -at- dc -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 12 May 2000 14:47:50 -0700
Hager, Harry (US - East Brunswick) [mailto:hhager -at- dc -dot- com] writes:
> I have question about Numbered lists.
>
> I use numbered lists to identify the sequence of steps in a
> user procedure.
> Nothing new here.
>
> The new element is that when the procedure consists of only a
> single step, I
> also use a numbered list.
> Any comments for or against this structure?
I'm against it. I use a bullet graphic (different from a regular bullet
used in a bulleted list). Why? That's what I was taught to do at Compaq and
Microsoft. (OF course, that doesn't mean it is correct...)
steve arrants
Stephen Arrants
Manager of Technical Communications
ROI Direct.com
415.439.7551
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