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Subject:Re: Bulleted lists... Is there a limit? From:Pat Gantt <pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:47:33 -0500
> A lot of times I use bulleted lists for information that's sort of a
> check list.
Oh, yes absolutely!
Mager has some excellent checklists' examples.
Checklists in general are not committed to memory.
Remember I said it was learner and situational.
Can/does the learner have information at hand
to interact between text and say machine?
Must the worker memorize some information that
is not readily available, yet important to
proficient job function.
Hence, learner and situational.
>For example:
> To run this software, you must have PC that:
> . runs Windows 95
> . has a xxx hard drive
> . CD-ROM
> . and so on
> No one's got to chunk anything, because they don't need to remember
> the information. I think a list like this can be as long as it needs
> to be. Breaking it into logical groupings is helpful to alleviate the
> tedium of reading a long list, but even a long obnoxious list is
> better than trying to present this type of information in paragraphs.
Agreed. Paragraphs are the pits for comprehension.
See Mager and the other cites.
Graphics Left Column Text immediately to the right in a column
(preferably bulleted or numbered (learner or situational)
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