RE: The verb "to search" and Windows 7

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

C G wrote: 
 
> Hi there,
> Here's 2/3 questions for the price of 1 =)
> We have a component whose name was recently changed to "Search for files".
> My boss asked why it wasn't called "file search" or "search files". I
> explained that what the component does is look inside folders and
> subfolders
> and give you a list of all the files that match your search criteria, which
> to me means it is searching FOR files. It doesn't look inside the files,
> which would be searching the files. Am I correct? Does the verb work in the
> same way in British and American English?
> But then my boss said that the search box of the start menu in Windows 7
> says "Search programs and files". Is it that Windows 7 also looks inside
> the
> files??
> Thanks for you help!

To resolve the issue and eliminate all the obsessing over nuances of meaning, I suggest calling it "Find files." 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
------
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
------






^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Create and publish documentation through multiple channels with Doc-To-Help. 
Choose your authoring formats and get any output you may need. Try 
Doc-To-Help, now with MS SharePoint integration, free for 30-days. 
http://www.doctohelp.com

LavaCon 2010 in San Diego Sept 29 - Oct 2 is now open for registration.  
   Use referral code TECHWR-L for $50 off conference tuition! 
          See program at: http://lavacon.org/


---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. 

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat