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 <DD> The weekly and topic formats now have an extra "general" area up 
      the top where "general" activities are listed - these are things 
      that apply throughout the course, not just to one particular topic
-     or week.<BR><BR>
+     or week.  This general area is not shown if it is completely empty.<BR><BR>
+
+<DT> Popup "jump" menu.
+<DD> You can now jump from one activity directly to any other using a 
+     popup menu in the upper-right corner of the page<BR><BR>
 
 <DT> Speed improvements
 <DD> Course activity details are now cached for each course, which 
      greatly reduces the amount of database access required to display
      the course page.  On heavily accessed systems this should improve speed.<BR><BR>
 
-<DT> Popup "jump" menu.
-<DD> You can now jump from one activity directly to any other using a 
-     popup menu in the upper-right corner of the page<BR><BR>
-
 <DT> Languages
 <DD> Surveys are now completely translatable.<BR><BR>