Re: What is it called...

Subject: Re: What is it called...
From: Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 05:54:29 -0400

Thanks to everyone who responded!

Bob

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 11:51 PM David Artman <David -at- davidartman -dot- com> wrote:

> Haha! Jokes aside, it could also be described as "elided". Tech writers
> won't. But it's valid. Truncated or truncation is good, and as equally
> esoteric. "Cut" or "Shortened"? I'm writing for a user : "The shortened
> 'Long Stupid Control Named By Som...." will expand when you click the three
> dots (...). "Or" When a control is poorly named and cut off (shortened),
> click the dots to expand it. "....I'm current unemployed. DCA:d.a.d
> -------- Original message --------From: Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>
> Date: 6/26/20 23:23 (GMT-05:00) To: TECHWR-L <
> techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Subject: Re: What is it called...
> âTruncatedâ is correct. âCut offâ is what they tell me when I go
> bingedrinking.-TOn Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 09:38 Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:> From a friend:>> "What is the word when a number string or word is
> not fully displayed in a> software gui? That is, what is the word for when
> a string is partially> displayed only and the ending of it is not
> displayed?">> Thanks,>> Bob>
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