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Subject:RE: What to call this thing? From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au> To:Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:54:24 +0800 (WST)
Like Tim Slager, my first thought was "categories".
> I might try something like:
> "From the row of device categories, select HSM."
It is a very busy page, though, and someone coming to the page cold (without your instructions) might struggle to find the HSM link. How about this belt-and-braces approach:
"From the row of device categories (PIN Acceptance Devices, Non PED, HSM, SCR), select HSM."
Stuart
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