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Subject:Re: One Action Per Step From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 7 Jun 1995 11:12:44 MST
> George Hayhoe <GFHayhoe -at- AOL -dot- COM> wrote:
> For the sake of clarity and to isolate steps for newbies, I like to restrict
> steps to a single action, and do not use "Enter your password" as Bev Parks
> suggests.
I hate being misquoted. (Don't we all.) So, just to cool my own
jets, I just want to state that I was not *suggesting* anything,
one way or another. I was merely presenting another example of
how I have seen the "one action per step" issue handled.