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nhinkle Mod
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Convention for click on a button, then another button, etc

There is a standard way of representing a directory structure: folder1/folder2/folder3/etc/file1.

Is there a similar such convention we should use for indicating how to select an item in a series of menus, or a series of mouse-clicks through some windows? Should it be done with dashes, slashes, or something else?

For example, if I wanted to tell somebody how to turn off the pagefile, would I do it like this:

Control panel->system->adanced settings->peformance settings->advanced tab->change->Set no paging file

Or like this:

Control panel / system / adanced settings / peformance settings / advanced tab / change / Set no paging file

Or as a bulleted list:

  • Control panel
  • System
  • Adanced settings
  • peformance settings
  • advanced tab
  • change
  • Set no paging file

Or in some other manner?

soandos
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