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> Is there a rule or guideline for such straightforward
> instruction?
> If anyone can cite a reference on this
>subject, I'd be ever so grateful.
Edmund Weiss says in section 10.3 of his classic "How to Write a Usable User
Manual" (my copy is dated 1985, but I believe a new version is now
available):
" ... when we edit instructions we put the key material last.
And if it is a conditional instruction (if-then), we make sure
that the _then_ clause is last."
--Heli
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Heli L. Roosild
helir -at- msmailhq -dot- netimage -dot- com
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