RE: Display, Displays, or Appears

["Daniel Ng" <kjng -at- gprotechnologies -dot- com>]

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This be the way writers. Watch the ordering of the instructions.

On the Main menu, click XYZ.
ABC dialog box displays. 


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Morton [mailto:salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com] 
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 2:48 AM
To: Tim Lewis; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Display, Displays, or Appears

I use ==> Click *XYZ* on the Main Menu screen to display the ABC dialog box.

My current gig insists on using "screen," but preferably it's ==> Click *XYZ
* in the Main Menu window to display the ABC dialog box.

You may want to refer to Chapter 1 of the *Microsoft Style Guide for
Technical Writing*, PDF copies of which may be found online using your
favorite search tool.

> Jagdriver

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Tim Lewis <ltc -dot- writer -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:

> 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?
>
>
>
>
> 1. When you click XYZ on the Main Menu screen, a ABC dialog box is 
> displayed.
>
> 2. When you click XYZ on the Main Menu screen, a ABC dialog box displays.
>
> 3. When you click XYZ on the Main Menu screen, a ABC dialog box appears.
>
>
>
> Tim Lewis
>
> Lewis Technical Communications, Inc.
>
> Rockford, IL 61109-6116
>
>
>
>
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