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Re: Using a gerund phrase for procedure topic titles
Subject:Re: Using a gerund phrase for procedure topic titles From:"Chuck Martin" <twriter -at- sonic -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:18:33 -0800
"Timothy Trese" <Timothy -dot- G -dot- Trese -at- SAICSeals -dot- com> wrote in message news:134340 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
Follow up question to Chuck's question, for Jane and others:
What about the use of the infinitive form of a verb in procedure titles,
e.g.:
"To Create a New Document" or "To Change the Modem Settings"
I actually ran across this in a MicroSoft document, as well; it was the
online help for HTML Help Workshop.
Actually, I will use the infinitive form as the header that immediately
precedes the first step.
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