http://www.stc-techedit.org/2008/02/11/editing-dita-topics/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:03:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.stc-techedit.org/2008/02/11/editing-dita-topics/#comment-683 Daniel Milne Mon, 19 May 2008 20:36:07 +0000 http://www.stc-techedit.org/2008/02/11/editing-dita-topics/#comment-683 Regarding, "For example, we submitted a requirement to add a new element inside the element for task topics. No element was available for the “To” statement to introduce a set of steps. For purposes of clarity and reinforcement, we want to introduce steps with a statement that indicates what the steps are for, such as “To print the report:”. Perhaps a heading or a title is enough to introduce the steps and a "To" statement is not needed. In fact, if the procedure has a title, adding a "To" statement seems redundant and wordy. I remember seeing discussions of whether to use "To" statements to introduce procedures, but I don't remember where. I get the impression that this is a bit controversial. Regarding, “For example, we submitted a requirement to add a new element inside the element for task topics. No element was available for the “To” statement to introduce a set of steps. For purposes of clarity and reinforcement, we want to introduce steps with a statement that indicates what the steps are for, such as “To print the report:”.
Perhaps a heading or a title is enough to introduce the steps and a “To” statement is not needed. In fact, if the procedure has a title, adding a “To” statement seems redundant and wordy.
I remember seeing discussions of whether to use “To” statements to introduce procedures, but I don’t remember where. I get the impression that this is a bit controversial.

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