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RE: Word to describe an empty check box

Subject: RE: Word to describe an empty check box
From: Peter Hirons <peter -at- galley -dot- ie>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:21:40 +0000

The option (or whatever) that the checkbox relates to would be selected or cleared, but the check box itself would be checked or unchecked. This side of the pond it would be ticked or unticked.

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Peter

On 2014-01-14 13:13, Dan Goldstein wrote:

WADR, Tony, this is from MSTP:

"Select and clear: Use for check boxes."

Also from MSTP:

"Enable, enabled: Avoid in end-user documentation... In developer
documentation, it is acceptable to speak of a feature or function as
enabled."

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Chung
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 10:15 PM
To: Margaret Cekis
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Word to describe an empty check box

Yes. The option is enabled or disabled. Don't call attention to the UI
control checked or unchecked status (according to MSTP).

-Tony

On Monday, January 13, 2014, Margaret Cekis wrote:

Helen Oboyle asked for a Word to describe an empty check box "Our
internal standard is to format our description of UI check boxes as:
"If selected, blah. If cleared, blah."
CLEARED?




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References:
Word to describe an empty check box: From: Helen OBoyle
RE: Word to describe an empty check box: From: Margaret Cekis
Re: Word to describe an empty check box: From: Tony Chung
RE: Word to describe an empty check box: From: Dan Goldstein

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