[austechwriter] Re: Sec Unclassified; RE: Re: Enter vs. Type and Read Me First recommendation
- From: Melanie Kendell <Melanie.Kendell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:48:05 +1000
I agree with most of what you say Diana, my only issue is with "at least
some of the people Wendy are working for have indicated a preference for the
use of 'Enter'".
This should only be an influence if these people she is working for are:
* the same as
* representative of
* advocates of
the intended readers of the information.
All too often, a knowledgeable person's preferences are allowed to influence
terminology without reference to how the intended users, who may be African
pigmys for all we on this list know, will react to that terminology. It is
too easy to fall into the trap of thinking that everyone else is familiar
with something because you have been imersed in a particular environment for
a long time.
That said, an awful lot of people will be comfortable with 'Enter' - but it
ain't necessarily so :)
-Melanie Kendell
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Muzrimas, Diana MS [mailto:Diana.Muzrimas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2003 11:19 AM
> To: 'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [austechwriter] Sec Unclassified; RE: Re: Enter vs. Type and
> Read Me First recommendation
>
>
> 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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