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In a word, the answer is "Yes". What's technically correct isn't always
what we end up using for various and sundry reasons.
As someone else pointed out, MSMOSTP says page; I generally would say
page myself. However, a couple points...
If it's been out there in the wild as "screen" for a number of years it
might be better to keep it the same.
Sometimes, the pointy-haired bosses override our prodigiously
researched and well thought out decisions. I used page in a document for
one assignment and the manager I reported to decided it should be
screen. And so it was.
Of course you could always throw a meeting or start an email thread
within the organization, expressing your colleague's concern and
disclosing how you've researched the subject and found supporting
documents that agree with your colleague.
However, in the grand scheme of things, it's a trivial issue; it's one
of those small things that isn't worth throwing a hissy fit over... pick
your battles.
Best Regards,
Mike
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On 2013-01-20 10:10 am, yehoshua paul wrote:
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So is the correct term screen, or is the correct term page?
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Yehoshua Paul
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