I would go with - Click *Browse *if the button was labelled with the word
Browse. Or Click *browse* if it was only an icon button that the user had to
click and then either include the icon in brackets after or as a pop-up on
hover. And I always include in an indented line below a procedure what i
Shmuel Wolfson wrote:
> I would use Press (not Push) when the user has to physically press a
> button (like an ATM machine), Click when the user has to perform a
mouse
> click, and Tap when the user has to tap with a stylus.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Shmuel Wolfson
> Technical Writer
> 052-763-7133
>
I would say "Activate the Browser," unless you're telling someone how
to do that. In which case I'd say "Click _Browse_." (The underbars
indicate that the word Browse is a character format for screen items
-- something to visually tell the reader that it's a screen button.)
Just as a BTW, you shou
I believe Microsoft Style Guide says "click." I do have some European
writers who use the term "push" consistently.
HTH
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I would use Press (not Push) when the user has to physically press a
button (like an ATM machine), Click when the user has to perform a mouse
click, and Tap when the user has to tap with a stylus.
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Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133
Garnier Garnier wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have
My personal preference is to say "click," and, following your example, avoiding
the useless prepostion in "click on..."
This is not a question that admits of a "right" answer. Check your client's or
employer's house style guide. If there's a suggestion there, follow it. If
there
isn't, add the
At 01:44 PM 2/06/2009, Garnier Garnier wrote:
>Hi
>
>I have a query:
>
>Which is technically accurate, Push the Browse button to activate the browser
>on click the Browse button to activate the browser?
IMO, neither is 100% correct. If you "click" a button (with a pointer device
such as a mous
The Single-sourcing SIG of the STC just finished this discussion.
I'd say "Click the Browse button". I'd omit the "...to activate the
browser."
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