Re: Unset? Can that be a verb?

[Jenny Greenleaf <jennysubs -at- mac -dot- com>]

Clear works. I use that to talk about check boxes, though (Select/Clear the X check box). I'm not sure if that would confuse the issue or not. Probably not. 

Jenny


On Feb 25, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Sharon Burton wrote:

> Clear as Default configuration?
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> I am documenting some software that has a right-click menu item: Set as
> Default Configuration.
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> Once you've set it, the menu changes to: Unset as Default Configuration.
> 
> That just seems wrong to me. The only definitions I can find for the word
> (other than as a programming term) are adjectives:
> 
> not mounted (an unset gem) 
> not hardened (unset cement)
> 
> I might be able to get this changed if I can come up with a better idea. I
> don't think they're going to want to make the menu show all possible
> configurations, which is what makes sense to me. 
> 
> Remove as Default Configuration?
> 
> Thanks for any ideas.
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