RE: Display, Displays, or Appears

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

Open a window and open a dialog box.

Close a window and close a dialog box.

Click a button or menu item.

Click a menu.

So windows open, as do dialog boxes.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com
 

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> Subject: Display, Displays, or Appears
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> I am sure this has been discussed here before but I cannot 
> find it in the archives. For software user guides, I prefer 
> to not use the word, "appear"
> or "appears" when the user clicks a button or selects a menu 
> choice and something shows up on the screen. Which sentence 
> below is the standard convention for the results of user 
> interface actions?
> 


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