RE: opinion on outline numbering for chapters/sections

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

The text you write under the heading "2.2.1    Set Up Software Web
Appliance," should present enough information for the reader to understand
that the subsections are steps. There is no need, in my opinion, to further
burden the reader with A), B), C), etc. If the subsections are all steps,
which it appears that they are, the text of the headings are right there for
all to see. So I'd recommend discarding the A), B), C), etc.

Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com

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> Hey Everyone,
> 
> I'm normally a lurker. I benefit from this list and thank all 
> of you for your participation.
> 
> I need some opinions on my numbering sequence in a User 
> Guide. My client specifically requested that I embed the 
> Quick Start into the manual and provide more details. I'm not 
> a fan of outline numbering in user guides, but must follow 
> their corporate style guide. Below is this particular 
> numbering sequence.
> *
> 2.2***    Software Quick Start
>   2.2.1    Set Up Software Web Appliance
>     2.2.1.1  A) Configure the Web Appliance
>                  <Step/Action table here>
>                   1
>                    2 a)
>                       b)
>                       c)
>                       d)
>                       e)
>                       f)
>     2.2.1.2  B) Configure the Analyzers
>                  <Step/Action table here>
>                   1
>                    2
>     2.2.1.3  C) Connect the Switch to the Analyzers
>                  <Step/Action table here>
>                   1
>                    2
>     2.2.1.4  D) Connect the Ethernet.
> 
>     2.2.1.5  E) Access the Web Application.
>                 <Step/Action table here>
>                   1
>                    2
> 
>   2.2.2  Set up Downstream Monitoring
> 
> 
> Once I get to 2.2.1.1 I feel that the instructions become 
> confusing, so I put A), B), C), etc. at the beginning of the 
> headings since they are part of the sequence of steps. 
> However, now I'm thinking that it makes it more confusing. 
> What do you think?
> 


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