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Subject:Re: Word to describe an empty check box From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- cytomedix -dot- com> Date:Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:29:55 -0800
Serbs me for not actually checking. ;-)
Then I don't know where I picked that up.
Time to cash in my tech writer chips. The world's falling apart.
-T
On Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 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."
>
>
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