type vs enter

[Alison Craig]

I just did a quick Internet search on Simplified Technical English and found this example at http://www.simplifiedenglish.net/controlled-language-global-english (at the bottom of the web page under Industry Examples, select Software).

Step 2 (below) specifically says "...enter the IP address of the system..." which sounds to me like they want you to type it in. Step 3 is more of the same.

So "enter" seems to be the term of choice.

Alison



Use VXX Web to get access to the system:

1. On a computer, open a web browser.
2. In the address bar of the web browser, enter the IP address of the system,
   for example, http://10.11.12.13, to go to VXX Web. If Security Mode is 
   enabled on the system, you must use "secure HTTPS access", for example, 
   https://10.11.12.13. Click Yes in the security dialog boxes that show.
3. Enter admin as the user name, and enter the remote access password, if 
   one is set.


 
-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Combs, Richard
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 3:06 PM
To: Owen, Clint; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: type vs enter

Owen, Clint wrote: 
 
> In Simplified Technical English, which has a strictly limited vocabulary
> and is supposed to make documents easier to understand for international
> readers, neither of these terms is allowed in this context. I spent a
> few minutes and can't think of a "STE legal" way to write the requested
> instructions.

Um, really? Using STE, there's no way to tell the reader to type something into a field or box? The need to do that comes up a lot, you know. :-) 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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