Re: 'log in to' or 'log into'?

["Claire Conant" <claireconant -at- comcast -dot- net>]

Neither. When documenting software, I always follow Microsoft Manual of 
Style. Here's what it says:

log on, log off, logon, logoff

Use log on or log on to (not log onto) to refer to creating a
user session on a computer or a network. Use log off or log off from to 
refer to ending a user
session on a computer or a network. Use sign in and sign out to refer to 
creating and ending
a user session on the Internet.
Do not use log in, login, log onto, log off of, logout, sign off, or sign on 
unless these terms
appear in the user interface.
The verb form is two words, log on or log off. As a noun or adjective, use 
one word, no
hyphen: logon or logoff.

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From: "Sonja McShane" <sonja -dot- mcshane -at- str -dot- com -dot- au>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:21 PM
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Subject: 'log in to' or 'log into'?

> Hi all,
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> It's one of those late Friday afternoon questions that should be easy to
> answer but isn't!
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> Should I write 'log in to ABC product' or 'log into ABC product'? I
> prefer the former but a colleague prefers the latter.
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> Thanks a million,
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> Sonja
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> s -dot- mcshane -at- sstr -dot- com -dot- au
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