"Appears" vs. "will appear"

[Mike Starr]

The nature of step-by-step procedures is that they can be repetitive. I can 
live with that.

Mike
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Sherman" <bsherm at gmail.com>
To: "Mike Starr" <mike at writestarr.com>
Cc: <techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear"

> It's wordy. Especially if you have a number of steps in a row that all
> say "The system confabulator displays..."
>
> On 5/3/07, Mike Starr <mikestarr-techwr-l at writestarr.com> wrote:
>> Choose the File>>Save menu item. <software product> displays the Save 
>> dialog
>> box.
>>
>> What's wrong with that??
>>
>> Mike
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>> Mike Starr                            WriteStarr Information Services
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>> Graphic Designer    -    Desktop Publisher   -       MS Office Expert
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>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sarah Bouchier" <Sarah.Bouchier at exony.com>
>> To: <techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:03 PM
>> Subject: RE: "Appears" vs. "will appear"
>>
>> > >I use "displays" instead of "appears." But I have no good reason why.
>> >>Just a preference.
>> >
>> > The problem I always have with that is that when I see a sentence such
>> > as 'Click X.  The X window displays' I mentally wait to find out what 
>> > it
>> > is that the X window displays.
>> >
>> > Sarah Bouchier
>> > Technical Author
>> >
>> > exony