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, arrows, or something else?

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

• With arrows:

  Control Panel->System->Advanced settings->Performance settings->Advanced tab->Change->Set no paging file

• With slashes:

  Control Panel / System / Advanced settings / Performance settings / Advanced tab / Change / Set no paging file

• With a bulleted list:

  • Control Panel
  • System
  • Advanced settings
  • Performance settings
  • Advanced tab
  • Change
  • Set no paging file

• In some other manner?