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Subject:Re: Styles for multi-level bulleted lists From:"Jeff Hanvey" <jewahe -at- lycos -dot- co -dot- uk> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:00:25 -0500
Dick:
I tried this once. The formatting of the doc (in FM) had sideheads, and was
full of bulletted lists. Using the same symbol became extremely confusing,
especially when the list wrapped to a new page - the text was already
indented, but all the white space invalidated the distinction since the
relationship between the levels was lost upon wrapping.
I wouldn't never suggest that you use the same symbol - it helps to make
them similar (triangles, diamonds, and arrows, for example), but definitely
not the same!
Jeff Hanvey
jewahe -at- lycos -dot- co -dot- uk http://www.jewahe.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: Styles for multi-level bulleted lists
>
> Sean,
>
> De gustibus non est disputandum. That said, my personal preference is to
use the same symbol for all levels and mark the levels only by indenting.
Double marking is unnecessary and confusing
>
> Dick
>
> "Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com>
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