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Subject:RE: Silly but important to me From:"Ashaki Hamlett" <ashaki -dot- hamlett -at- la-z-boy -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:19:25 -0400
We use "and then" when writing procedures. It's a Microsoft standard
(not one that I agree with).
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Subject: RE: Silly but important to me
> 3. Highlight the item you want to work with and then press F4. The
Customer Service Request window (Figure 18) appears.
Same paragraph. The 2nd sentence is not a disjunctive thought, it's a
natural follow-on. The paragraph break would simply slow the user down.
By the way, I don't understand the reasoning for using "and then"
together.
I see it every so often, but I don't understand it. I always say:
"Highlight the item you want to work with, then press F4." Seems to me
that's the way people talk most often.
And re: the side thread, the screen appears, not magically, but because
that is what the program causes to happen as a result of the action.
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