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Subject:Re: Help! passive/active (long) From:Bonni Graham <bonnig -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 30 Jan 1996 09:55:33 -0800
You wrote:
>The specific usage is this (occurring in procedures where there
>is a step and then a result below it telling the reader what to
>expect):
> 1. Click Options.
> o The Options dialog is displayed.
I struggled with this one forever, too. <g> Here's what I came up
with:
(in User Guides)
1. Click Options to open the Options dialog.
(in Tutorials)
1. Click Options.
This opens the Options dialog:
<<picture of dialog here, so they know they're at the right one>>
Hope that helps!
--
Bonni Graham
Manual Labour
bonnig -at- ix -dot- netcom -dot- com
