Steps are a style that can be used for numbered lists. Use bullets (unordered list) rather than numbers (ordered list), unless there is a specific order to the items in it.
1Put the title of the first step here
A description or more details about the step go here.
2
Put the title of the second step here
A description or more details about the step go here.3
Put the title of the third step here
A description or more details about the step go here.
Why use steps?
When you have content that needs to be presented in a particular order, use steps.
The kinds of content that work well in steps are:
- description of a referral process
- instructions for collecting a sample
Best practice
To follow PHSA style for steps:
- use a friendly tone and the active voice (address the visitor as "you" and refer to your clinic or program or department as "we")
- use sentence case
- don't put a period after the title of a step
- make the titles and descriptions consistent in structure
- don't use steps for content that does not need to be in a particular order
- remember that the word "step" appears above the step number
Example of steps in which the audience for the content is a physician who is making a referral.
