Re: appears vs is displayed

Subject: Re: appears vs is displayed
From: Sandra De Quesada <Sandra -dot- T -dot- Dequesada -at- HEALTHPARTNERS -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 08:28:36 -0600

Robin Allen asked about preferences for display or appears in the
examples:
"Click Add and the Add Patient window is displayed."
vs
"Click Add and the Add Patient window appears."


Here's another angle. How about "Click Add to display the Add Patient
window"?

Cheers,
Sandy

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