RE: "Button Gravity" and "Warning Gravity"

[Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>]

Darren says:



> My problem is when a warning or caution paragraph (i.e. electrical
> hazards) is placed at the very beginning of a lengthy procedure,
> sometimes several steps - even pages - away from the application.  . . 
> .

> DoD documents are mandated to have Cautions ("you could jack something
> up") and Warnings ("You could jack yourself up") immediately precede 
> an
> applicable procedure. Is there an equivalent standard in the 
> commercial
> world?
>
> -Darren

I dunno about the entire commercial world, but in Nancy World, warnings 
immediately precede the step they pertain to, and if they are a bit ugly 
and definitely disrupt the flow, so much the better!

I don't want anyone tastefully and seamlessly electrocuting themselves 
because of a tasteful and seamless warning in one of MY documents!

--Nancy
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