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Subject:Style and Brevity in steps (long) From:"Schrank, Kelly (TAMPA)" <schrank -at- TAMPA -dot- GENPHYSICS -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:28:36 -0400
> I am all for giving the reader all the information they need, in the
> order that they need it. I am also adament about consistency. I
> would prefer (if this were my document) to see the location before the
> action, especially if each step had a specific location to point out.
>
> The location and the action could almost be considered two steps:
> find the appropriate location, then perform the action. Hopefully,
> the reader would be slowed down by the location enough to actually
> look for it and perform the action in the right place.
>
> Hope this gives you some ammo. You'll need it with the brevity
> police.
>
> Kelly Schrank
> Technical Editor
> General Physics
> schrank -at- tampa -dot- genphysics -dot- com
>
>
