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> What is the appropriate use of the word "click" in a
> document? How does it compare to "select"?
>
> Thanks for any input you can offer....
Buttons (and radio buttons) are clicked. (Since you click them with a mouse
to turn them on and off.)
Menu and list items are selected (because one item is selected from a number
of alternatives).
Steve
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