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RE: Nested bullets - how many levels deep do you go?
Subject:RE: Nested bullets - how many levels deep do you go? From:"Technical Writing Plus" <doc-x -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:17:03 -0600
Two levels for business docs, at the most; and for ppt slides, just one. But
basically, you should not use them-that is my opinion. But sometimes you
just have to, right?
At any rate, I would not go beyond that level *for most documents*.
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I only nest bullets on Powerpoint slides, where
they exist mostly to slap me on the side of the
head as a reminder to cover something in a
discussion.
In documents, when I feel as if another level of
bullets would help, that tells me it's time to
reorganize the paragraphs.
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