Bulleted lists... Is there a limit?

Subject: Bulleted lists... Is there a limit?
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- AXIONET -dot- COM>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 16:06:20 -0400

bject:
DWeber <dweber -at- HARRIS -dot- COM> wrote:

>What is the maximum amount of items acceptable in a bulleted >list? Is there a definite answer? My interviewer thought so.

Hard to know what lurks in the hearts of interviewers (maybe The Shadow
knows), but s/he might have been thinking of the truism that, if you
want people to remember items, you should only give them 7 plus or minus
2 at one time.

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Bruce Byfield
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