Following short online instructions
Speichern ist nicht dasselbe wie Senden.
Follow an ordered instruction and distinguish a saved draft from a sent message.
Short online instructions often use imperatives or an infinitive: Wählen Sie die Datei aus; Datei auswählen. Separable verbs place the prefix at the end in the imperative. First check what the instruction asks you to do and in which order. Speichern means save; senden or abschicken means send. A message marked Entwurf has not necessarily been sent. Hochladen means upload a file; herunterladen means download one. A stated success message can confirm an action, but an error notice cannot. Read the example’s visible status rather than assuming every click worked. The interfaces in these tasks are fictional.
Wählen Sie zuerst die Datei aus.
First select the file.
Laden Sie die Datei hoch.
Upload the file.
Prüfen Sie den Empfänger vor dem Senden.
Check the recipient before sending.
Speichern Sie die Nachricht als Entwurf.
Save the message as a draft.
Klicken Sie anschließend auf Senden.
Then click Send.
Die Nachricht wurde nicht gesendet.
The message was not sent.
Short online instructions often use imperatives or an infinitive: Wählen Sie die Datei aus; Datei auswählen. Separable verbs place the prefix at the end in the imperative. First check what the instruction asks you to do and in which order. Speichern means save; senden or abschicken means send. A message marked Entwurf has not necessarily been sent. Hochladen means upload a file; herunterladen means download one. A stated success message can confirm an action, but an error notice cannot. Read the example’s visible status rather than assuming every click worked. The interfaces in these tasks are fictional.
Follow an ordered instruction and distinguish a saved draft from a sent message.
A saved draft is not proof of a sent message. “Als Entwurf gespeichert” and “Nachricht gesendet” report different results.
Instruction → action → visible status. Auswählen: Wählen Sie … aus. Entwurf ≠ Gesendet; speichern ≠ senden.
Write a four-step fictional instruction for attaching and sending a file. Add one success message and one error message.