Re: Another Newbie question about procedures

Subject: Re: Another Newbie question about procedures
From: Susan Scott <susanmscott -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 17:31:14 -0700


I think that saying 'Click OK' signals the completion of a step or
task, without having to say "to confirm..." or anything else.

Also, since users are used to seeing this, its absence could confuse,
or make a user think that there is a missing step.

My 2c worth

Susan

On 5/15/05, Carrie Baker <carriebak -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> When writing a procedure, can you presume that users know that the
> last stage is Click OK to confirm your settings,
> or should you tell them this.
> Furthermore, should one tell them click Cancel to leave the screen.
> These sentences appear in our existing user guide.
> For every screen in our guides it tells you that you should click OK
> to confirm choices and Cancel to leave the screen without changing
> anything (i.e. it explains/documents the cancel and OK buttons).
>
> In light of posts I have read here, I was wondering whether these
> explanations are too obvious and therefore redundant.
> The users are experienced computer personnel.
>
> --
> Carrie Baker
> carriebak -at- gmail -dot- com
>

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