I usually use 'a dialog box appears' or 'the [title] dialog box appears'. Other common constructions we use are 'the [window title] dialog box is displayed' or 'in the [title] dialog box that appears, select ...' or 'the [title] dialog box should appear in the left hand corner of the screen' I have also seen '[system name] displays the [title] dialog box'. I think 'display' is pretty common, even if not grammatically correct. Deborah :) ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************