RE: "Select" in lieu of other verbs

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Posada
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 1:09 PM
> To: Boudreaux, Madelyn (GE Healthcare, consultant)
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: "Select" in lieu of other verbs
> 
> It's not whether it is a battle worth fighting...it's that 
> Select is the proper word.
> 
> Press or touch define how you are selecting the choice...in 
> all instances you are still selecting. You either select or you enter.
> Select for anything that you pick and enter for anything 
> where you type.
> 
> It makes life easier.
> 

It makes life easier for *your* audience, John. Some companies' users
prefer to be told specifically to click, touch, press the spacebar, etc.

Madelyn should write for her own audience, not yours or mine.

















































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