Re: One Action Per Step

Subject: Re: One Action Per Step
From: Lee Turner <Lee=Turner%Mkt=Svcs%Sys=Hou -at- BANGATE -dot- COMPAQ -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 11:49:41 CDT

George Hayhoe <GFHayhoe -at- AOL -dot- COM> Wrote:

| Jan Boomsliter asked why anyone would type anything
| without entering it.
| Typically, you would not. But "entering" is not alike on
| all systems. In some
| cases, you need only type a predetermined number of
| letters or digits (a
| password field, for example, on some platforms) without
| pressing the ENTER
| key. Since today's users are increasingly likely to be
| multi-platformal (DOS,
| Windows, and/or Mac, as well as mainframe), this can be
| troublesome.

| For the sake of clarity and to isolate steps for newbies,
| I like to restrict
| steps to a single action, and do not use "Enter your
| password" as Bev Parks
| suggests.

| 1. Type your six-character password.

| 2. Press ENTER.

| You will be logged on if your password is correct.

| Or:

| 1. Type your six-character password.

| You need not press ENTER. You will be logged on if you
| password is correct.

| --George Hayhoe (GFHayhoe -at- aol -dot- com)


You also might need to press a key other than ENTER, such as a function key,
after typing something.

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Lee Turner
Compaq Computer Corporation
leet -at- bangate -dot- compaq -dot- com


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