Re: [Fwd: Question for Tech Writers' List]

[Dick Margulis <ampersandvirgule -at- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET>]

Lucille,

Thanks for reposting it legibly. The answer is neither. Try it this way
(intentionally flattening the structure of nested procedures):

To install the doohickey:

1.      Grimbulate the fisteris[sp?].
2.      Connect the fisteris to the doohickey.
3.      Initialize the doohickey.


To grimbulate the fisteris:

1.      Xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
2.      Yyyyyyyy.
3.      Zzzzzzzzz.

The doohickey is now ready for the next procedure.

To connect the fisteris to the doohickey:

1.      Aaaaaa.
2.      Bbbbbbbbbbb.

The doohickey is now ready to be initialized.

To initialize the doohickey:

1.      Plug it in.
2.      Turn it on.
3.      Run like hell.

The doohickey is now installed.



Lucille Lattanzi wrote:
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> My second try. I will try to send this text only.
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> Hi Lucille-
> I would like to know if there is a rule regarding the following, or if
> not, what standard practice have other writers encountered:
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> WHEN WRITING A PROCEDURAL LIST (WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN PROCEDURES
> WITHIN PROCEDURES) DO YOU INDENT THE RESULT OF A SPECIFIC STEP TO LINE
> UP WITH THE TEXT OF THAT STEP(EXAMPLE A)? IF THE RESULT COMES FROM THE
> CUMULATIVE ACTIONS OF ALL OF THE PRECEDING STEPS, DO YOU THEN LINE UP
> THE TEXT OF THE RESULT WITH THE NUMBERS OF THE PRECEDING STEPS (EXAMPLE
> B)?
>
> EXAMPLE A
> 1.      XXXXXXXXXXXX
> 2.      XXXXXXXXXXXX
> 3.      XXXXXXXXXXXX
>         XXXXXXXXXXXX (RESULT OF STEP 3)
>
> EXAMPLE B
> 1.      XXXXXXXXXXXX
> 2.      XXXXXXXXXXXX
> 3.      XXXXXXXXXXXX
>
> Thanks for sending this out for comment.
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (RESULT OF STEPS 1,2, AND 3)
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