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Subject:variation on Re: press or click..... From:"Dan Roberts" <droberts63 -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 3 Nov 2000 06:15:19 -0500
Mike: I'd go with 'click' ... and yeah, it's probably a button, but you probably
dont need to tell the user that. I'd go for:
"To place your order, click <b>Yes</b>, or click <b>No</b> to cancel it and
return to the Selection window. "
and a slight variation on the question for you folks....I once had an editor
who--given the sentence above, or a similar one--would consistently delete the
second clause. I felt that I wanted the second clause to let the user know how
much effect a No would have: would it merely back out the last action, would it
abort the whole process, would it abort your selections and return you to the
initial selection window? Opinions?
-----Original Message-----
>MOS says "do not use press as a synonym for click."
>
>So, if I am documenting an ordering process where you
>have to choose either a "yes" or "no" button before
>you can go to the next screen, would it be "press" or
>"click"?
>
>Also, am I correct in assuming that "button" is the
>term I use to describe an action-oriented item?
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