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Ashu: If what Microsoft uses matters to you, the "Microsoft Manual of Style
for Technical Publications" (MMOS) says this about the check box (and, I
quote w/out permission):
<quote>
check box
Select and clear check boxes (not turn on and turn off, mark and unmark,
check and uncheck, or select and deselect). Also, use the identifier *check
box,* not just box, to refer to this option, because box alone is ambiguous
for localizers.
See Dialog Boxes and Property Sheets
</quote)
Jenise Cook-Crabbe
Sr. Technical Writer
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Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 2:03 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Correct Usage
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