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RE: Do you include a sentence identifying the dialog name?
Subject:RE: Do you include a sentence identifying the dialog name? From:"Philip Boyer" <pboyer -at- dimasys -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:26:53 -0600
Gilda wrote: "In our procedures, we insert a numbered step consisting of two
sentences: "Choose Database -> Password. The Change Password dialog
appears.", followed by a picture of the dialog. In the second sentence,
there's an index marker for the dialog name."
I vote for identifying the dialog. It gives the reader the extra assurance
that he opened the correct dialog and is on the right path. For my
procedures, I combine the sentences. "Choose Database -> Password to display
the Change Password dialog."
Philip
pboyer -at- dimasys -dot- com
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