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Subject:Returned mail: User unknown From:Mailer-Daemon -at- eccu -dot- mtv -dot- gtegsc -dot- com (Mail Delivery Subsystem) To:<bmartin -at- nmo -dot- gtegsc -dot- com> Date:Tue, 17 Dec 1996 11:39:54 -0800
- Capitalize all first words in bullets. It's simple and is visually stimulates you to entertain a new concept.
- Use periods only for bullets that are complete sentences, or when the initial phrase ends and you start a sentence. Otherwise, use no punctuation at all.
- I believe this matches the Chicago Manual of Style.
I find that other methods are too complex and invite mistakes and stimulate only useless conflict.
> So here are my questions: What guidelines do you use for initial capitals in
> bulleted lists, and what reasoning led you to make your decision?
