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Re: Colons versus periods in procedures containing
Subject:Re: Colons versus periods in procedures containing From:Bernd Hutschenreuther <hutschi -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, Sion Lane <sion -dot- lane -at- unit4 -dot- com> Date:Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:18:01 +0000 (UTC)
Hi,there is a special story about punctuation marks. It changed a lot, and whether you should use a colon might be a style decision.
You should have or create a style manual to make the usage consistent in your document. I would usually also prefer a colont in front of a picture but it might depend on context. The colon shows that the sentence is connected to the picture. If it is not connected and the picture belongs to a new part, there should be a period.
In some context also a comma night be correct.
I would prepare an internal style guide and describe the main parts including formatting.This helps a lot.
Best regardsBernd
PS: I hope this was on topic and can help. We created a style guide, including proof reading, and it helped a lot.
Am Dienstag, 27. November 2018, 09:46:23 MEZ hat Sion Lane <sion -dot- lane -at- unit4 -dot- com> Folgendes geschrieben:
Just going by the text in your example then I think a period is appropriate, however if the step introduces the image in some way ("...as shown below") then I think a colon would make sense.
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