Re: Unset? Can that be a verb?

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

"Unset" or "uncheck" can give an impression of incompleteness.  In a situation 
where the selections you're telling users to make are mandatory and some choice 
must be made and set, they may be a better choice than "clear" or "default," 
both of which may be interpreted as being acceptable run states.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Greenleaf" <jennysubs -at- mac -dot- com>

> Clear works. I use that to talk about check boxes, though (Select/Clear the X 
> check box). I'm not sure if that would confuse the issue or not. Probably not.

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