RE: Procedural syntax: "Click to expand" vs. "Expand by clicking"

Subject: RE: Procedural syntax: "Click to expand" vs. "Expand by clicking"
From: Peter Sturgeon <prsturgeon -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "Martinek, Carla" <CMartinek -at- zebra -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:49:26 -0500 (EST)

It was active before you revised it.

Peter Sturgeon

--- "Martinek, Carla" <CMartinek -at- zebra -dot- com> wrote:

> Option B, revised to active voice:
>
> [B] To expand the folder, click the plus sign.
>
>
> -Carla
> cmartinek -at- zebra -dot- com
>
>
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> To: Yves Barbion
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> Subject: Re: Procedural syntax: "Click to expand" vs. "Expand by
> clicking"
>
> Yves Barbion wrote:
> > Hello techwhirlers,
> >
> > just wondering, which do you prefer (and why):
> >
> > [A] Click the plus sign to expand the folder.
> >
> > OR
> >
> > [B] Expand the folder by clicking the plus sign.
> >
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