Your thoughts on punctuation?

Subject: Your thoughts on punctuation?
From: "Ladonna Weeks" <ladonna -dot- weeks -at- comtrak -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:53:27 -0500

Hello,
Our product has a keypad used for installation and diagnostics.
It can display up to four lines of 20 characters each. What is
correct punctuation for brief, informative statements, such as
the following:

(line 1) Calling server
(line 4) Please wait

Should there be a period after each statement? I'm having trouble
getting the programmers to add periods and I wonder if the
convention for such displays is to leave them off. What is your
experience?


Ladonna Weeks
<mailto:ladonna -dot- weeks -at- comtrak -dot- com> ladonna -dot- weeks -at- comtrak -dot- com
314-895-7674
cell: 314-210-1652

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