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-----Original Message-----
From: Scudder, Beth <beth -dot- scudder -at- retek -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Monday, April 10, 2000 11:53 AM
Subject: Enabled ... Active ... "Enterable" ... yeesh.
>Here's one of the offending instances:
>"Click the Add button. The next available line becomes enabled."
>(Meaning that the next line that doesn't already have an entry becomes
>available for making an entry.)
>
"Add" could be bold, indicating it's part of the interface and the rest of
the sentence could be changed as follows:
"Click _Add_. You can enter another <whatever it is> on the next line."
Users find active voice much easier than passive voice in procedures.
