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Subject:Re: Click to add/To add, click From:"Robin M. Allen" <robin -dot- m -dot- allen -at- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 26 Mar 1997 15:12:45 -0600
Heli Roosild wrote:
>
>> I use the latter (To add, click) when the user does have a choice. For
> example, there could be any number of reasons why a user might not want
> to exit immediately (step 6) in the following series:
>
> 4. Click OK to add the user.
> 5. If you want to add another user, repeat steps 2 and 3.
> 6. To exit, click Close.
>
To add another twist -- I don't "step" optional steps. If I wrote the
above instruction, 4 would be a step, 5 would be un-numbered underneath
step 4, and step 6 would become step 5.
Robin Allen
robin -dot- m -dot- allen -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net
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