RE: How to mention usernames and passwords

["Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>]

Always for the reader, Gene. You should know that.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Kim-Eng [mailto:techwr -at- genek -dot- com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:15 AM
To: Cardimon, Craig; 'TechWR-L'
Subject: Re: How to mention usernames and passwords

Easier for you, or for the reader?

I usually do it this way....

Username: name
Password: password

Because there's no limit to the ways people can misread instructions.

Gene Kim-Eng


On 8/14/2014 6:03 AM, Cardimon, Craig wrote:
> How do you folks mention usernames and passwords?
>
> I usually see usernames and passwords written with quotes and then something follows, saying, "(without the quotes)."
>
> Is there an easier way? Bolding, perhaps?

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