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Okay, now that I've gotten that out of my system, this topic was addressed a few months ago, more or less. Someone (maybe you) related an anecdote the punchline of which was, "Oh, you mean I have to do the steps in order?"
I think what you need is a single prominently placed caution to your audience that tells them to follow the procedures exactly as written, in order, and from the screens indicated in the procedures. Otherwise results are unpredictable and may result in inconvenience to the user. Then just give them the correct procedures and point back to the caution note occasionally.
Dick
John Posada asks:
>Is there a balance..a middle of the road approach? How do you guys
>handle this?
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