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Subject:Re: Word to describe an empty check box From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:51:31 -0800
MMS4 uses "disabled" only for unavailable menu commands.
It doesn't directly address describing the state of a check box, but
searching microsoft.com, they most commonly use checked / clear,
though they're not consistent about it.
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
> 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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