In a bulleted list, each paragraph in the list is preceeded by a bullet, a small symbol such as a circle or a square. In the type of document that business analysts create, much of the information is better presented in a list than in a connected paragraph. Bulleted lists are very suitable for system documentation for several reasons:
Remember that technical documentation describes systems and processes and gives specific information for business purposes. It is not intended as a work of fiction, an interesting story, or an entertainment. Exercise: Ø Create a document. Ø Type the list beginning with the yellow sentence, above. Ø Put all the points in bullets. Ø If you type one line and make it a bulleted line, all of the following lines will most likely be bulletted, every time you press "enter", until you press "enter" twice. Ø Automatic bullets are controlled by a Word Option. Find the option and turn off automatic bulleting. Ø Select the list and select different shaped bullets. Ø Select the paragraph and make the list a numbered list (1,2,3, ... etc.). Suggestion: Be careful with automatic numbered lists, one after the other. Sometimes they continue numbering from a previous numbered list. |
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