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Subject:Invoke vs. Use From:"Johns, David" <14615johns -at- KCPBLDG05 -dot- BV -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 14 Nov 1994 15:41:00 CST
In the manuals I write for Windows-based programs, I USE these verbs to
describe the action of bringing a screen or dialog box to the monitor:
invoke, bring up, or summon. I do not use "use" because the user would
have a hard time getting used to this use of "use." However, I would like
to start USING some verbs other than the three mentioned to refer to the
process of getting something onto the screen--for the sake of variety. Any
ideas?
