User-interface instructions are the step-by-step instructions for doing something like testing software or installing a Windows application. These kinds of instructions are often hard to use. They are frequently incomplete and ambiguous, which makes it easy to get lost in a long sequence of steps, and slows you down by forcing you to make guesses at certain steps. This happens because the writer underestimates how much detail is required, or is just lazy.

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• technical writing
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Bullet lists are much used and abused, especially in business and technical writing. However, if you follow some simple rules of thumb, bullet lists can improve your writing's readability and reduce duplication, instead of being a poor substitute for well-formed prose.

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• bullet lists
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