Re: re "check" the box (was RE: "Click on" or "click")

[Brad Jensen <brad -at- elstore -dot- com>]

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From: "Jim Shaeffer" <jims -at- spsi -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:01 AM
Subject: RE: re "check" the box (was RE: "Click on" or "click")


>
> >From Microsoft Manual of Style ...
> -------------
> check
> Do not use as a verb when referring to a check box in a dialog
box; use
> *select* or *clear* instead. Do not use as a noun to mean *check
mark*.
>
> 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.

'Select' ? How do I do that?




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