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Almost never. There would have to be a special circumstance for
passive voice to be the first choice. This is true for almost
everything we write and everything we say.
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When is it okay to use the passive voice in documentation?
Ellen Adams
ellena -at- tolstoy -dot- sc -dot- ti -dot- com
Texas Instruments
Houston, TX
