Re: Window displays?

Subject: Re: Window displays?
From: Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- LYNX -dot- DAC -dot- NEU -dot- EDU>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:40:26 -0400

Microsoft's latest style manual says windows and dialog boxes open and
close. Messages appear. The _screen_ displays a message; this latter usage
Microsoft recommends using only when referring to the monitor itself is
necessary in the context.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dianne Blake <write-it -at- HOME -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: Window displays?


>Mike Stockman wrote:
>> The "grammatically correct" part of "The ABC window displays" seems to
>> be a matter for discussion, but I've been tech. writing for over 12
>> years and have not encountered that usage. All usage I've enountered,
>> both from colleagues and the current editions of the style guides from
>> Apple, Microsoft, and (I think) Sun support "The ABC window appears."
>> Can you please provide where "displays" used in this context is
>> "current usage," for all of our benefit?
>
>Maybe it is just my imagination - but "appears" conjures up the image of
>a ghost, while the word "displays" reminds me that I'm looking at a
>"display unit". I typically use "displays" unless asked not to.
>
>- Dianne Blake
>write-it -at- home -dot- com
>
>
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