Re: Word to describe an empty check box

Subject: Re: Word to describe an empty check box
From: Helen OBoyle <hoboyle -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- cytomedix -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:22:16 +1100

Dan,

But, the MSTP talks about select and clear as verbs. I want a noun (or
would that be an adjective). I don't want to talk about the process of
selecting or clearing the checkbox. I want to talk about the state of a
checkbox that was selected or cleared three years ago, as part of
application configuration, that the user need never look at again.

That's why it's ambiguous to me. I just don't see "is cleared" as the
state of a checkbox that was never selected let alone cleared by the user
(ie, the user has not actually physically cleared it... it started out
unchecked and has remained that way) three years ago and has not been
touched since.

??
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* Helen *


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:13 AM, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- cytomedix -dot- com>wrote:
WADR, Tony, this is from MSTP:

"Select and clear: Use for check boxes."

Also from MSTP:

"Enable, enabled: Avoid in end-user documentation... In developer
documentation, it is acceptable to speak of a feature or function as
enabled."


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References:
Word to describe an empty check box: From: Helen OBoyle
RE: Word to describe an empty check box: From: Margaret Cekis
Re: Word to describe an empty check box: From: Tony Chung
RE: Word to describe an empty check box: From: Dan Goldstein

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