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Subject:Re: Doing Save As From:Randall Larson-Maynard <randall -dot- larson-maynard -at- IND -dot- ALSTOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:49:35 -0700
SNIP>
I have been requested to insert the following sentence by Development. It is
a description of the File, Save menu item:
Saves the task. If the task name is untitled, you cannot use this item until
you do a Save As and complete a standard Save As dialog box.
<SNIP
"Save the task. If the task is not named when Save is selected, you will need to
complete the Save As dialog box."
"Do a Save as," in my mind, is slang. Yes, I say it, but I wouldn't write it for
my users. Are your users able to understand this type of writing? Also, is
"task" the proper term? Do you mean "File"?
Randall Larson-Maynard
Technical Writer
Alstom Automation Schilling Robotics
Davis, CA, USA
randall -dot- larson-maynard -at- ind -dot- alstom -dot- com
www.schilling.com
