Use of 'populate'

[Dana Worley]

On Thursday, March 06, 2008, Al Geist wrote: 

> Populate is usually an automated action. If, for example, the "Approval
> Date:" is automatically filled in when you click Modify,

Why not use "filled in". Populate seems pretentious. 

2 cents :)  Dana W.

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Dana Worley
Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group
Campbell Scientific, Inc. 
Microsoft MVP, Windows Help