RE: the first one or more characters

Subject: RE: the first one or more characters
From: "Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>
To: "Milan Davidovic" <shl_ctf -at- yahoo -dot- ca>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:26:38 -0800

Milan Davidovic wrote:

> Imagine a search field. You can type in the first n
> characters (n = 1 character or more, up to the full
> name), click Search, and the system returns results
> based on whatever you entered.
>
> The instruction "Enter one or more characters" almost
> expresses this idea, though I can imagine someone
> entering a string that doesn't include the first
> character. "Enter the first one or more characters"
> seems closer, though clunky.
>
> What ways of expressing this instruction are you
> familiar with?

I'd write "Type the first few letters".

-Andrew

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