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> Actually, the example given wasn't a three-step procedure... it's a single
> step with three options. Thus numbering of those three items is not only
> not necessary but most style guides would suggest that they not be
> numbered.
Not necessarily. More likely, the check boxes are intended to be used to mark completion of each step as the procedure is performed. We've used a setup like that (with 2 columns of check boxes, one for each server in a two-node cluster) for complex, hours-long installation and upgrade procedures. It helped the FEs not lose their place, skip a step, or perform a step on one server, but not the other.
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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