[austechwriter] Sec Unclassified; RE: Re: Enter vs. Type and Read Me First recommendation
- From: "Muzrimas, Diana MS" <Diana.Muzrimas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:19:22 +1000
I agree with Bruce.
By the sound of Wendy's original question, at least some of the people Wendy
are working for have indicated a preference for the use of 'Enter'.
Confusion also can arise when you have fields, buttons or keys in particular
application that are named "Type". So, as always, it will depend on the
situation.
And, in my own experience with a variety of environments and users, I've not
found any problem with using 'enter' instead of 'type'. The audiences I've
come across seem to have little problem interchanging the two words, 'type'
and 'enter'. They get the correct meaning from the context that the words
have been used in.
It's probably more of an issue for detail people, such as we Technical
Communicators!
Diana
-----Original Message-----
From: Ana Young [mailto:ana_young2000@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2003 11:13
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [austechwriter] Re: Enter vs. Type and Read Me First
recommendation
Read Me First (an US publication) says:
"To avoid confusion with the Enter key, do not use
'Enter the following command'. Write 'type the
following comand instead."
Hope this helps,
Ana
--- Wendy Forsey <wendyf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am getting pressure from US colleagues to use
> 'Enter' instead of 'Type'
> when referring to typing something into a field.
> They claim this is "more
> American". This is against the recommendation of the
> MS style guide, and my
> own inclination and experience. Is this in fact the
> more common usage in the
> US?
>
> Regards
> Wendy
>
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