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Subject:RE: Is there a more succinct way to say this? From:<laura_johnson -at- agilent -dot- com> To:<jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>, <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com> Date:Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:02:44 -0600
I agree with you about the word "button", but I'd never say "click ENTER". Doesn't make sense. It should be "Press ENTER or click OK." That's if you want to describe both paths; in my docs I just say "click OK", but my audience is very familiar with basic Windows operations.
-Laura
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From: John Posada [mailto:jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:43 AM
To: Cardimon, Craig
Cc: Technical Writing
Subject: Re: Is there a more succinct way to say this?
I never include the word button..it's redundant.
"Click ENTER or OK."
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>wrote:
> Is there a better way of saying, "Press ENTER or click the OK button?"
>
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> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
> NYMetro STC President
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