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Subject:Re: <pPopulate as a verb for "fill in" From:Nora Merhar <merhar -at- ALENA -dot- SWITCH -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 13 Jan 1995 09:40:04 CST
Ray,
I think that "populate" is a techie term--I have heard it before, but I wouldn't
use it in a manual unless I was speaking to other techies. I would say something
along the lines of "Enter blah blah blah in the blah field to create the blah"--
that is, if you're writing a procedure of some sort.
Sounds like you're on the right track to me.
Nora
merhar -at- alena -dot- switch -dot- rockwell -dot- com
