RE: Enumeration question

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

I did a fast, random survey of "who does" and "who doesn't." By "random"
I mean that I wasn't looking for supporters for either side.

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Use 'em:
* www.usability.gov
* NCI Web Design & Usability Guidelines
* IBM Style Guide
* Jakob Nielsen
* www.tikiwiki.org
* EC Interinstitutional style guide
* GNOME Documentation Style Guide
* Intel Software Network Writer's Guide
* U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual
* Lynch and Horton's Web Style Guide

Don't use 'em:
* The Apple Style Guide
* DOE Standard Writer's Guide for Technical Procedures
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-- Dan Goldstein


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Margulis
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:10 PM
> To: Dubin, David
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Enumeration question
> 
> Dubin, David wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have any research or can point me to 
> > any research that would indicate if using a
> > period with the enumerative symbol is better 
> > (or worse) than not using a
> > period?
> 
> No research. No periods. Period. It's already marked by the hanging 
> indent (if not by a font or style change). You don't need the 
> redundant marking of a period. My opinion, backed up by that of 
> lots of other people, but I'd be surprised to find definitive 
> research to prove it.
> 

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