Re: Displays versus Appears-Which One?

["Martie" <cideamon -at- uswest -dot- net>]

A monitor displays objects (appear has a certain TA-DA! to it).  I'd say the
GHI window is displayed.  Or :

Select the ABC.  From the GHI window/screen, you can...
Select the ABC which will open a GHI window.  You can...

Martie


> My last tech editor would ding me if I used 'appears'
> instead of 'displays' when describing the action a
> window or other grahical element "takes" (for lack of
> a better word) when you click on it. She said to use
> 'displays' instead. I got into thaet habit.
>
> On this job, the other two tech writers say they have
> never heard of this, and consider 'appears' to be
> fine.
>
> Example:  Select ABC. The GHI window displays, on
> which you can..."
>
> as opposed to "Select ABC. The GHI window appears, on
> which you can..."
>
> Which one?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mario



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