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Subject:RE: Unset? Can that be a verb? From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:41:06 -0500
I'll see your nit and raise you a half:
"Select and clear: Use for check boxes." -- MSTP, 3rd edition
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Chung
> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 2:06 PM
> To: TECHWR-L Writing
> Subject: Re: Unset? Can that be a verb?
>
> Just a nit: MSTP doesn't recommend that users check or clear
> check boxes. The user is to enable or disable the options
> linked to the check boxes instead.
>
> So, "Disable default configuration if desired" would be
> preferable, if that is indeed the case.
>
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