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Subject:Re: The word "STEP" in steps or is it procedures From:Jo Baer <jbaer -at- mailbox1 -dot- tcfbank -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:06:55 -0500
I prefer not to see a step number prefixed with any word, such as "step." It
clutters up the page. I want to see the next number, or to pick out a number
referred to in the text. For example, if an instruction says that if I have no
elephants I should proceed to step 7, I want to be able to pick out the number
7. If "step" precedes every number, it makes them all look similar.
Jo
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Jo Baer
Senior Technical Writer
TCF National Bank
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Ellen Vanrenen wrote:
> Point of contention here: whether or not to use the word Step in a procedure
> in large type with the step text completely bolded.
>
> I like to just use:
> 1
> 2
> 3
>
> Why would one use the word steps in a procedure? Isn't a procedure always
> made up of steps? Seems redundant to me. Is there a demarcation out there I
> am unaware of?
>
> Thanks, Ellen
>
> Ellen Vanrenen
> Technical Writer
> Clear Technology, Inc.
> 303-583-4170 (direct line)
> ellen -dot- vanrenen -at- clear-technology -dot- com
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