RE: Nested bullets - how many levels deep do you go?

[Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>]

I almost never use more than two bullets, unless I am forced to by a 
rigid template and style sheet, which has rarely occurred.

If the third level of bullets occurs in a procedure, I see if I can't 
rewrite the preceding step or steps to rechannel the information. If 
it's in an expository passage, I see if any logical reorganization of 
the previous couple of sentences is possible, if a table is needed, or 
if I need to reorganize section and subsection headings.

OR . . . if it absolutely has to be provided in a nested format, then I 
wonder if words are the correct medium for this info, and if a flow 
chart or some other illustration wouldn't work better.

Usually, one of these approaches works, and of course makes the info 
easier for the reader to follow.
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