>>>>Hi,
>>>>When writing technical documentation and describing the purpose of a table, which word would be better to use in the following sentence:
>>>>The table will hold records ...
>>>>The table will contain records ...
>>>>The table will store records ...
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Actually, a table will store "rows". Not that records is wrong - but rows is arguably a better term.
>>
>>I am writing some user documentation (for non-technical users) and adding "rows" will confuse them even more. They understand 'records' much better.
>
>Do Excel users think of "columns and rows" or "columns and records" ? :)
You are comparing an a$$ to an elbow :)
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