Re: Beginning topic titles with "How to..."

[Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>]

Yves JEAUROND wrote:
> In a nutshell, isn't it all about:
> a topic ("x"+ing) and a sub-topic (To "x"/About "x"+ing)?
>    
>   One can use "To..." as a sub-head for a procedure, but 
> numbered steps function just as well, to indicate a procedure.
>    

Numbered steps do not appear in a table of contents, plus
a given topic might encompass several procedures or sets of
steps, so headings are useful to indicate the purpose of
each set of steps.

-- Janice

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