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Subject:Re: RE: Name of Hardware Control? From:Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:30:00 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks, everyone!
I agree, the name of the function (like Press *Edit*) is far more important than the name of the hardware ("Press the *Edit* button" or "Press the *Edit* soft key").
In the one place in the manual where I have to explain what those white circles are (the introductory hardware overview) I'll call them soft keys, since that is the right term, but in the instructions I'll just go with the function name.
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