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Subject:RE: Procedural layots From:"Chinell, David F \(GE Infrastructure\)" <David -dot- Chinell -at- GE -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:45:26 -0400
Mats:
In its most full-blown form, we use this structure:
Topic heading
Background information
Paras
Figures
Tables
Steps
Step heading (To xxx:)
Steps ( 1. Step text, etc.)
Step comments (indent, but no number)
In other words, the procedure steps are in the form of a numbered list. The really hard part is avoiding substeps or supplemental information inserted between steps. In most cases, our goal is to create a list, not a numbered outline.
If substeps are unavoidable, we insert them as a bulleted list using the step comment element.
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