Re: Windows check-box terminology

Subject: Re: Windows check-box terminology
From: David Somers <dmps -at- EURONET -dot- NL>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 19:48:23 +-100

>What do you do to check-boxes? Check/uncheck them? Or click them on/off.

I've always said something like:

"Set the <Include Preview> check box..."
"Clear the <Include Preview> check box..."

Guess I'm just old-fashioned using 'set' and 'clear' when referring to binary flags ;-)

David
dmps -at- euronet -dot- nl


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