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Subject:7 plus or minus 2 From:Alexander Von_obert <avobert -at- TWH -dot- MSN -dot- SUB -dot- ORG> Date:Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:29:03 +0100
Hello,
* Antwort auf eine Nachricht von knight -at- ADA -dot- COM an All am 30.07.97
kk> I STRONGLY recommend against using bullets for procedure steps--
kk> NUMBER them please. Bullets are for items in a list, which are
kk> at the
kk> same semantic level (apples, oranges, lemons). Numbers imply
kk> sequence
kk> (first this then that). I observe this distinction rigorously,
kk> since I
kk> believe that readers (probably subconsciously) come to know and
kk> rely on the distinction.
even more so if you do online documents. Using Winhelp or HTML you have
limited layout possibilities and the users have a very raw picture of your
pages. If you number any preocedures (even if they are only one step long!)
the user will find them even without actually reading the page.
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