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> I'm writing a tutorial and was wondering about the difference between
> choosing and selecting. A co-worker inferred that there is an official
> Microsoft definition of each. Any thoughts?
I subscribe to a distinction made in my copy of the Microsoft Windows 3.1
User's Manual in which Select describes opening a menu and Choose
refers to executing a command from the open menu.
