type vs enter

[Neeraj Jain]

John,

Type should be associated only with typewriter. A typewriter (assuming a manual 
one) does not store anything. It just types on paper.

In case of computer, saying type would be obsolete because you enter data in 
computer memory and a computer user is more familiar with the word enter.

Were you writing XYZ in bold? 

 Regards, 

NJ
http://www.neerajjain8.com
 


 




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From: John Burgdorf <jburgdor at cisco.com>
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Wed, 21 July, 2010 11:33:26 PM
Subject: RE: type vs enter

At another company I worked for, we used both, though in clearly
distinguished contexts: 
- TYPE a literal string ("Type XYZ" (and not ABC) 
- ENTER a user defined sting ("Enter your name").

--jb

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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 3:19 PM
To: Combs, Richard; Owen, Clint; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: type vs enter


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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