RE: Chicken or the Egg

["Bill Swallow" <wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com>]

Of the two, the second is correct according to Microsoft published
convention, although the terminology needs to be cleaned up a bit (those
lists do have a name *g*).

So:

>From the "YYY" list of available actions, select "XXX".

Or, if you prefer:

"Get your XXX back to work you YYY!!!"

;-)

Bill Swallow
wswallow "at" nycap "dot" rr "dot" com 

::: -----Original Message-----
::: Where "XXX" is a type of action and is a choice on a 
::: dropdown list and
::: "YYY" is the label of the dropdown list:
::: 
::: 
::: Select "XXX" from the "YYY" list of available actions.
::: 
::: Or
::: 
::: From the "YYY" list of available actions, select "XXX".
::: 
::: I'd like your opinions on this please?



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