Re: Style conventions: Pipelines vs. Arrows, Single step style vs. Sentence.

Subject: Re: Style conventions: Pipelines vs. Arrows, Single step style vs. Sentence.
From: "Martin Page" <mpage -at- csl -dot- co -dot- uk>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:52:26 +0100


Uh, what's wrong with a bullet for a single step?
(I use a triangular bullet for single steps and numbers for procedurs with
more than one step.)
M
"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> wrote in message
news:164874 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
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> One step should not be either a numbered item or a bullet, nor should the
> example you showed be used.
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> I think the most readable convention for menu choices is File > Save.
> Whatever you decide, tell your readers what your conventions are.
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> Bonnie Granat
> http://www.editors-writers.info
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