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Subject:Re: Numerals and Bullets From:"Thomas E. Potter" <TPotter243 -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Jan 1996 20:25:58 -0500
In a message dated 96-01-05 13:44:54 EST, lffunkhouser -at- HALNET -dot- COM (LaVonna
Funkhouser) writes:
>I say periods at the end of the sentences if they are
>sentences, and no punctuation if they are not. The
>bulleted list itself serves the same purpose that a comma
>would.
There was an excellent article in the STC magazine about 3 years ago about
vertical lists (bulleted and otherwise). I wish I knew exactly which issue,
but I don't. If you are really interested, perhaps they have an index
somewhere.
Tom Potter
Houston, TX
TPotter243 -at- aol -dot- com