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Subject:Converting the passive From:"Geoff Hart (by way of \"Eric J. Ray\" <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com>)" <ght -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 23 Oct 1998 06:35:45 -0600
Deborah Cooper wondered how to convert the passive-voice <<While the
Summary window is displayed, you can double-click any entry shown in
the Summary window. This action causes the system to display a new
Job View window for this job.>>
How about: "When the Summary window is open, you can display a new
Job View window by double-clicking any entry."
--Geoff Hart @8^{)}
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
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