Number List with Only One Item?

Subject: Number List with Only One Item?
From: "Jason Willebeek-LeMair" <jlemair -at- cisco -dot- com>
To: "'Hager, Harry (US - East Brunswick)'" <hhager -at- dc -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:48:07 -0500

I would leverage a bit of Monty Python in this case:

1. From the abc menu in the def window, select xyz.
The progam opens the xyz window.

2. THERE IS NO STEP TWO!


(Capitalized on purpose to indicate shouting)

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Hager, Harry (US - East Brunswick) [mailto:hhager -at- dc -dot- com]

Listers,

I have question about Numbered lists.

I use numbered lists to identify the sequence of steps in a user procedure.
Nothing new here.

The new element is that when the procedure consists of only a single step, I
also use a numbered list.

For example:

To display the xyz window:
1. From the abc menu in the def window, select xyz.
The progam opens the xyz window.

Another example:

To download the results of your query to Excel:
1. Click the Download Query Results to Excel button in the abc window.
The program exports the results of your query to Microsoft Excel and xxx.

Why do I do this? When a reader looks, browses, or reads my documentation
they can immediately determine which information is a procedure. Every time
a reader sees a numbered list in my documentation, they know it's a
procedure.






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