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I've got a bit of a language block for the final stage of a form-filling journey where the user can either

  1. Save what they've done, quit and return later
  2. Save what they've done and lock it so no further changes can be made.

Save and exit kinda works for 1., but I can't come up with a suitable unambiguously different label for 2.

Send is the closest, but no sending is involved – this is simply marking the work as 'complete' and putting it in a read-only state.

Save & exit and Save & done aren't sufficiently different to me – anyone got anything better..?

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  • Why not simply use the word "complete"? Most people understand that as the end of their involvement in a process.
    – Bryce Howitson
    Commented Oct 29, 2019 at 15:47
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    While this is a valid UX question, I feel like the folks over at english.stackexchange.com could also be of help here
    – QWERTZdenker
    Commented Oct 30, 2019 at 11:52
  • Yeah, probably, but I just wondered if I was overlooking an existing solution to this. Save and Submit (below) kinda work, but Save also closes the form and so it doesn't tell the whole story (I didn't design the journey – I'm just adding the copy).
    – Adlopa
    Commented Oct 30, 2019 at 19:56
  • I think the problem comes because if the form is at a state where it can be submitted, then you have 2 options: send (and obviously no changes can be made) or go back and edit . Obviously, I don´t know your user case, but I can't think of any scenario where an user gets to the end of a survey and she doesn't submit it and saves the form for later use instead.
    – Devin
    Commented Nov 1, 2019 at 21:49
  • This form is for someone to complete with a customer over the phone – and they may need to pause the form-filling while the customer goes away to get the info they need. So this won't always be a single start-to-finish process, but one that could span a few days (it's in finance).
    – Adlopa
    Commented Nov 5, 2019 at 17:02

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What about "save draft" vs "finalize"/"submit”?

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Think about what the end result of filling out the form is. Action A results in the form being inserted/saved/stored in the database, action B results in the form being inserted/saved/stored in the database, but also locked for further editing. How is this clear for me as a user? Simple:

  1. Save
  2. Submit

A message confirming my action might give me more details: e.g. are you sure you want to submit - no more modifications possible.

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  • The word "submit" is one that should probably be avoided. It's short and not clear. More details on why: uxmovement.com/forms/…
    – Kelderic
    Commented Dec 1, 2019 at 16:58

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