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Subject:Putting tips/notes within a numbered list From:"Lutey Amanda L" <LuteyAmandaL -at- JohnDeere -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Apr 2002 08:09:59 -0600
>From: "Nuzhath Shereen" <nuzhath -dot- shereen -at- cominsights -dot- com>
>Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:44:35 +0530
>
>Hello,
>
>Iam new to this mailing list. I'm not sure if this list has discussions on
>basic concepts.
>
>I would like to know if we can put a tip or a note between 2 sentences of a
>numbered list?
>For example:
>1. do this
>2. do that
>tip: .....
>3. do that
>
>Is the above format okay? or should we put the tip at the end of the list.
>But the tip here is relevant only to item 2? Maybe I should indent the tip
>to come within item #2?
That form looks fine to me. I like to have the note or tip precede the step
it is about. Instead of indenting, we have the note in bold to set it off.
> -Amanda
> Amanda L. Lutey
> Publications Information Specialist
> John Deere Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division
> * Email: <mailto: LuteyAmandaL -at- johndeere -dot- com>
> *Internet: http://www.JohnDeere.com
>
> "Technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about
> themselves in their writings. This makes them freaks in the world of
> writers . . ." -Vonnegut
>
>
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