RE: Typographical conventions

Subject: RE: Typographical conventions
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:10:10 -0600

> Listing three items is simple --
>
> a COMMA, b COMMA, and CEE PERIOD. Not much opportunity for confusion.


Sure. But the original reference wasn't to _items_, it was to _steps_.
Replace a, b, and c each with 10 or 12 words describing how to perform
the step, and you'll see it's best to present them as a numbered list.

Richard


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