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Say the Caveat Once
Command note: a warning repeated on every line stops being read. It becomes wallpaper.
We hit this in our own connection guides. Every step carried the same "not yet checked on a real screen" note, and the page turned into a wall. The fix shipped in 3.88.1: when every step of a system is unchecked, the guide says it once for that system instead of on every step.
Where this applies in your client work:
• Handoff docs that repeat "draft, needs review" on every section
• Client reports with the same disclaimer under every chart
• SOPs where every step says "be careful"
• Onboarding emails that flag five things as urgent
Do it now:
1) Find the one caveat you paste everywhere.
2) Move it to the top, stated once, in plain words.
3) Keep a step-level warning only where that step is actually different.
4) Reread the page. If everything still shouts, cut again.
A caveat you say once gets read. A caveat you say everywhere gets skipped.
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