Re: word choice - using/manipulating/controlling charts ?

Subject: Re: word choice - using/manipulating/controlling charts ?
From: Ryan Haber <ryan -dot- haber -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>, "Wright, Lynne" <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- kronos -dot- com>, TechWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:40:36 +0000

"Working with" is very good. I'll just point out that as humdrum as "Using"
is, it is also several characters shorter if real estate is at a premium,
such as in left sidebar TOCs. We're going through that now.

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017, 16:03 Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:

> >My go-to substitute for "Using" is probably "Working with".
>
> Yes, an excellent answer! (And a typical phrasing in such docs, which is a
> good thing :-).
>
> Thank you,
> -Monique
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