RE: Desired

Subject: RE: Desired
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: "Michelle Vina-Baltsas" <Michelle_Vina-Baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 12:04:59 -0600

Michelle Vina-Baltsas wrote:

> I'm looking for an alternative to using 'desired" in the
> sentence below.
> Any ideas?
> Click the desired XYZ from the list.

"Select an XYZ."
"Select the XYZ you want."

I don't like "Click ... from ..." Unless your users are real novices,
they know how to select a list item. But if you need to specify how: "In
the XYZ list, click the item you want."

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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Desired: From: Michelle Vina-Baltsas

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