RE: "Next" or "the following"--What is your preference?

Subject: RE: "Next" or "the following"--What is your preference?
From: "Brasel, Russell" <russell -dot- brasel -at- hccredit -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:05:52 -0600

If I'm discussing a procedure that has the steps in a bulleted list, I
write, "Complete the following steps:"

If the instructions are in paragraph format, I may write something like,
"Next, select a stored procedure and run the report."

I guess it depends on the context.

RGBrasel
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