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Re: "check" the box (was RE: "Click on" or "click")
Subject:Re: "check" the box (was RE: "Click on" or "click") From:johanne -dot- cadorette -at- locusdialog -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Apr 2002 8:9:33
Drew Adams wrote: This may sound silly, but I can imagine some users
(especially those for whom English isn't the first language) interpreting
"check the Foobar box before you..." as advice to verify its current
state.
I don't write 'check the ... box.' I specify the feature or option that is
being referred to, as in 'check Disable DTMF,' with Disable DTMF formatted
in Screen (bold) to indicate that's what appears on the screen. If it needs
to be cleared, I simply write 'clear Disable DTMF.' It's simple and so far,
I've never heard any complaints that this formulation is ambiguous.
My two cents,
Johanne Cadorette
johanne -dot- cadorette -at- locusdialog -dot- com
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