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They can from a purely &quot;is this acceptable spelling&quot; standpoint, but I would use either the two letter word format or, better yet, icons.
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They can from a purely "is this acceptable spelling" standpoint, but I would use either the two letter word format or, better yet, icons.

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@Jason<br />
By two-letter word format, do you mean &quot;down arrow&quot;?<br />
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@Joe,<br />
So, &quot;down arrow&quot; or &quot;down-arrow&quot;?<br />
<br />
Thanks.
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@Jason
By two-letter word format, do you mean "down arrow"?

@Joe,
So, "down arrow" or "down-arrow"?

Thanks.

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OK, maybe I should have been clearer. it's not the down arrow &nbsp;or up arrow key, but a down arrow on the screen next to, say, &nbsp;a column header. e.g.<br />
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<b>Amount Due^</b><br />
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The context might be:<br />
&quot;An up arrow next to a field indicates it is sorted in ascending order.&quot;<br />
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Thanks!
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OK, maybe I should have been clearer. it's not the down arrow  or up arrow key, but a down arrow on the screen next to, say,  a column header. e.g.

Amount Due^

The context might be:
"An up arrow next to a field indicates it is sorted in ascending order."

Thanks!

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@Joe - Good one about the hyphen/non-hyphen. Thanks.
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@Joe - Good one about the hyphen/non-hyphen. Thanks.

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@Joe and Jason.<br />
<br />
This discussion was a pleasure! Thanks again.<br />
<br />
Steve
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@Joe and Jason.

This discussion was a pleasure! Thanks again.

Steve

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You're welcome, Steve. As always, happy to help. Regards,Joe
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You're welcome, Steve. As always, happy to help. Regards,Joe

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Can:<br />
downarrow<br />
uparrow<br />
rightarrow<br />
leftarrow<br />
<br />
be expressed as one word in a technical doc. (e.g. a user manual)?<br />
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Dictionary.com contains only uparrow:<br />
<a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/uparrow?s=ts" rel="ugc">http://www.dictionary.com/browse/uparrow?s=ts</a>&nbsp;<br />
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My Word spellcheck flags righarrow,but seems to OK the rest.<br />
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Thoughts?<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
Steve
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Can:
downarrow
uparrow
rightarrow
leftarrow

be expressed as one word in a technical doc. (e.g. a user manual)?

Dictionary.com contains only uparrow:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/uparrow?s=ts 

My Word spellcheck flags righarrow,but seems to OK the rest.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Steve

Can downarrow, uparrow, rightarrow, leftarrow  be one word?

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