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Subject:Re: WordPerfect 5.1 keys for ESL Students From:Mike Pope <mikep -at- ASYMETRIX -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 23 Jun 1994 09:54:00 PDT
>The student kept looking for a key labelled "Save" or "Bold" (as there
>are keys labelled Delete and Insert) instead of looking for an F10
>key. The consultant explained how the student should read the
>instructions but wasn't sure that the student really understood what
>he needed to do differently.
>Do you have any suggestions or comments about this situation?
Perhaps this sounds grumpy, by why name the keys at all? Why not just
say "Press F10 to save your document" or whatever? Asked another
way: what advantage obtains to the Reader if a) you assign arbitrary
names to keys (arbitrary in the sense that the keys are not labelled
with those names), and b) in any event have to keep repeating both
names to avoid confusion?
