Press this, or just Press

[Milan Davidovic <shl_ctf -at- yahoo -dot- ca>]

My apologies if a question of this sort has recently
been covered; I've obviously missed it. 

This question is intended for tech writers who create
call outs that instruct the reader to press a button
(or some such) illustrated in the figure, and draw a
line with an arrow from the call out to the button in
question.

The question: in the call out, do you write "Press to
<do x>" or "Press this to <do x>". I'm curious as to
whether you regard the inclusion of "this" as
redundant.

Thanks for playing. If you have a tangential comment,
please chime in. Maybe I'm overlooking something more
interesting or important.


Milan
http://altmilan.blogspot.com
http://www.terminus1525.ca/studio/view/2758

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