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Subject:RE: Need another word for "enterable" From:"Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:58:29 -0500
How about "active" fields?
Otherwise, how about using more than one word, instead of making up a word?
"You must include a white background for those fields into which you can
enter information."
Good luck.
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
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> From: bounce-techwr-l-26245 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
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> I need some help. A techy SME type insists that "enterable"
> is an acceptable term for use in technical documentation.
> I'd like to use something else, but can't come up with anything.