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Subject:Re: how to present numerous options From:GM Vick <gmv -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:43:16 -0700
If they aren't being displayed alphabetically by the program and you can
do so in a way that clearly represents the program options as they would
encounter it, I would go ahead and do them in the order of the program,
IF you are writing in a descriptive style.
If you are writing in context-sensitive style, I'd alphabetize them.
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Cyndy Davis wrote:
> Hello fellow techwr-lers -
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> I have a list of options for a field (30 of them). Users can toggle through the various options to pick the one they wish. Should these options be alphabetized, or presented in the same order the program displays them in?
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> The field in question is on a portable data collector (only a 20 character LCD screen) so a user uses the arrow keys to toggle through options, you can go backwards or forwards (which is the reason I'm not sure to present them in a specific order since that order can be reversed).
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> If the options should be alphabetized, which way? I have the options in 3 columns, does it go down each column A, B, C or across the row like you would read them?
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> Thanks!
> Cyndy Davis
> (p.s., Please forgive grammar errors - don't flame, we have gone over the topic enough! =))
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