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Subject:Re: 7 plus or minus 2 From:Christopher Knight <knight -at- ADA -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:58:51 PDT
I noticed a few folks talking about bullets in connection with procedure
steps. I STRONGLY recommend against using bullets for procedure steps--
NUMBER them please. Bullets are for items in a list, which are at the
same semantic level (apples, oranges, lemons). Numbers imply sequence
(first this then that). I observe this distinction rigorously, since I
believe that readers (probably subconsciously) come to know and rely on
the distinction.
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