Re: Click or Click on vs. Press

["T.W. Smith" <techwordsmith -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Do it the same way all the time.

Press seems more appropriate for touch screens and physical hardware
buttons, though it's probably clear enough to the reader what you
mean.

I use click ... I perceive that "on" is unnecessary unless you also
need to "click off" or "click up," etc.


On 4/29/05, A.H. <isaac840 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> Hello, all,
> 
>   We just set standards for a help file and I don't
> agree with one of them. For performing tasks, someone
> chose press instead of click or click on. E.g., Press
> the back button to return to a previous screen.
> 
>   I don't like it. What seems to be standard for
> documentation? Click or press?


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