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Q&A Which Bullet Points to Use First Under Different List Nesting Styles

My work presents proposals with information divided by numbered headings. Under these headings, the technical writers use a variety of paragraphs, numbered indentations, and indented bullet points....

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by C Aaron N‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:42:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/25123
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar C Aaron N‭ · 2019-12-08T05:42:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
My work presents proposals with information divided by numbered headings. Under these headings, the technical writers use a variety of paragraphs, numbered indentations, and indented bullet points. By using this variety, they can end up with bullet points indented once under headings and twice under numbered indentations under headings.

The technical writers follow a style guide that decrees the use of solid bullet points first followed by nesting bullet points in the order of hollow circle, square, etc., to create consistency when scanning a page. But the different indentations, based on whether the bullet points are directly under a heading or under a numbered indentation, break up that consistency.

Should the technical writers always start with solid bullet points or should they consider the numbered indentation as a substitute for the solid bullet point and first use a hollow bullet point under them so that there is consistency when scanning down the margins of a page?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-11-03T14:32:41Z (about 8 years ago)
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