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Subject:Re: Bullets From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:01:56 +0800
Wayne Douglass <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> said:
> I guess you don't want to know about something I can only call a
> "negative indent," where the text of the bullet (or numbered) items
> lines up with the standard paragraph indent, but the bullet (or
> number) appears in the margin.
Wouldn't this be an 'outdent'?
The FrameMaker 5.0 manual does numbered steps like this. My ex-
programmerly brain says "not logical -- not hierarchical" but I
think it's not such a bad idea. We're told that readers typically
skip intro/overview paragraphs and cut straight to the first
instruction. This format simply helps them find the first step
faster.
Regards
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Stuart Burnfield "When the final deadline came to pass
Functional Software Pty Ltd A style guide was no good. . ." mailto:slb -at- fs -dot- com -dot- au -- Gene Pitney
'The Man Who Certified Liberty Valance'
