Re: "using" as a verb in a task heading

[Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>]

Lauren wrote:
> I assumed that the mention of "use" was in place of the actual verb.  I also
> left off the convention that I normally use in my previous post, and I agree
> with the what Bonnie says here.  I was uncomfortable with the style that
> guide that I had to use that required "To" at the beginning of every
> procedure heading.  That was very annoying.  Just imagine "To" at the
> beginning of the procedures in Bonnie's example.
> 

I can easily imagine it because that's our corporate
style: gerunds for conceptual headings, infinitives
plus a glyph for procedure headings. We think it works
fine: enables the reader to easily spot the procedures
by distinguishing them from the conceptual sections.

-- Janice

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