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Subject:Re: Bulleted text From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:27:30 -0500
> Those in favor of not indenting bulleted lists cite the need to maintain the
> visual logic of hierarchical relationships as their reason for not indenting.
> However a smaller group, including myself, prefer to indent these lists because it
> looks "better."
Objective reasoning aside, I think most (if not all) of us who are
against indenting also feel aligned bullets look "better." At least
that's the impression I got from the posts to the list. AFAIC, you could
present the case for indented bullets and argue logic and reason until
you were blue in the face, and I'd still say "but aligned bullets *look*
better." And then I'd go forth and do what the style guide says. ;-)
