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Subject:Re: Chicken or the Egg From:"M Page" <mpage -at- csl -dot- co -dot- uk> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 May 2004 16:41:35 +0100
Often, if the gui is properly labelled, then "From the" is redundant:
e.g.
"From the Destination list, select a destination"
might as well be
"Select a Destination
"Sean Hower" <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com> wrote in message news:239040 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
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> John Posada asks:
> Select "XXX" from the "YYY" list of available actions.
> Or
> From the "YYY" list of available actions, select "XXX".
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> We use Select "XX" from the "YY" list.
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> May I suggest cutting the "of available actions" part. Without really
knowing the context of this step, it seems like the instruction would be
cleaner without that last bit.
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