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Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:37 am

To pick a command or option. To choose a menu command or command button in a graphical user interface, you click on it. The terms choose and select are often used interchangeably, but some authors make a distinction between choosing, which actually activates a command, and selecting, which merely highlights a command or other object.