RE: future tense vs present tense

[Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Brian Henderson wrote:
 

> How about if the intent is to inform that it's a side-effect of pressing
> ENTER that changes will be saved? But that the primary purpose of the
> ENTER pressing is something else entirely? Does it then become
> appropriate?

If it's truly a *side* effect, I'd put it in a note or caution, depending on how idiosyncratic the behavior is and how disruptive the result might be to a normal workflow.
 
But whether it's a side effect or more of an intended effect, I'd probably write something like "Pressing enter causes [or "also causes"] changes to be saved."
 
-Fred Ridder
 
  		 	   		  
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