Re: Numbered list vs bulleted list

[Wendy Putman <wputman -at- CASTLETON -dot- COM>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Timmerman [SMTP:timmerma -at- IPDLINK -dot- IPD -dot- ANL -dot- GOV]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 1997 6:34 AM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      Numbered list vs bulleted list
>
> Hi all,
>
        >I've just returned from the archive with very little success.
Here's
        >the scenario.

        >The author (programmer) wrote a software installation and user
guide
        >for a DOS program (not a commercial software).  Action steps
are in
        >bullet lists; each bullet has been replaced with a graphic
pointing
        >hand (side view).

        Personal feedback has been that graphic bullets fall into the
"cute" category. According to visual communication theory (William
Horton), there is not a single hand gesture that isn't offensive to at
least one culture. In other words, hand gestures are NOT safe to use in
documentation that's going to be used by a poly-ethnic audience.

        --------------------------------------------------------------
        Wendy Putman, Technical Writer
        Castleton Network Systems, Burnaby, BC


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