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Subject:Re: Advice needed on a wording choice, please From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:34:21 -0700 (PDT)
In article F80EfmI0xXq4njoVa8g00001992 -at- hotmail -dot- com, a_whirler -at- hotmail -dot- com ("Writer Whirler") writes:
>
>Could I please have some advice on how to word something?
>
>I am editing a section of a document that describes how to enter an "item"
>into a larger "item-tracking" application. When you create a new item, you
>must select all sorts of required information about the item from a screen
>that pops up. Most of the information is selected from drop down lists, and
>just a few other fields are open fields where you can type in what you want.
>
>A procedural step introduces a table that describes all of the areas on the
>screen where you must select information. To say "Enter the following
>fields" seems incorrect to me, since you can't enter. You must select from
>the lists available in most of the fields. But for some fields you can
>Enter.
>
>Is there a way to say "select or enter" without saying those exact words?
>Maybe I'm being unnecessarily nitpicky, but this one bothers me :).
>
"Provide the information for the fields described in the
following table."
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