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Re: Another Punctuation Question

Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question
From: "B.J. Smith" <bjsmith -at- ucar -dot- edu>
To: "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:08:22 -0700

I meant to Reply List earlier but jabbed the wrong button.

On 1/30/2012 1:03 PM, Cardimon, Craig wrote:

I'd use jab. I like that one.

-----Original Message-----
From: B.J. Smith [mailto:bjsmith -at- ucar -dot- edu]
Sent: lundi 30 janvier 2012 15:03
To: Cardimon, Craig
Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question

If not press or click, how about jab, punch, hit, poke or otherwise activate the thing. :-)

B.J.

On 1/30/2012 12:52 PM, Cardimon, Craig wrote:
Playing Humorous Devil's Advocate, I was thinking of Pull as the opposite of Press.

*If they don't like Press, how about Pull*

This is one of the many reasons I don't use humor in tech writing. It's very hard to make it fly.

-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Cekis [mailto:margaret -dot- cekis -at- comcast -dot- net]
Sent: lundi 30 janvier 2012 14:51
To: Cardimon, Craig
Cc: techwrl; Suzanne Chiles; Peter Sturgeon
Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question

Craig Cardimon asked, 'How about "pull" then?'
How do you "pull" a virtual button?

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