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Subject:Re: Multiple ways of doing things From:"Kirtland Olson (CITS)" <olson -at- ACOMP -dot- USF -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 21 Aug 1995 10:08:51 -0400
On 18 Aug 1995, Susan Suna wrote:
> I am working on a book about WordPerfect. For a given task that I am
> describing there are three ways of doing it. What is the best
> presentation method for multiple ways of doing the same thing?
[...list of options]
> ...some of the
> steps are common between the different methods.
I don't know a generic best way, but I would sketch a flow chart of the
combined processes and pay attention to the decision blocks.
Once I knew why I would choose one method over another, I think I would
know better how to write the procedure.
