Re: Not Selecting

Subject: Re: Not Selecting
From: Connie Winch <CEW -at- MACOLA -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 17:46:57 -0500

Karen Felker writes:

In the matter of checkboxes, where you can click the feature once and a
check appears; click it again and the check disappears-- I'm wondering
how others describe the process of clicking a checkbox when you don't
want the feature selected.

I'm sure there are writers who feel perfectly comfortable saying:
"Deselect the Flimflamming checkbox."
The word Deselect is what bothers me. Is it becoming acceptable English
or can someone suggest an alternative?
--
Karen Felker
AKaren -at- earthlink -dot- net

Karen,

The way we do it is as follows:

"To enable flimflamming, activate the Flimflamming checkbox."
"To disable flimflamming, deactivate the Flimflamming checkbox."

Connie E. Winch
Technical Writer
Macola, Inc.
cew -at- macola -dot- com

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