Alpahbetic Options
In Windows, open a folder and open "Tools: Folder Options...". Click on the View tab. The Advanced Settings is a scrollable list of options.
If I want to turn on known extensions, do I look under D for for "Display", S for "Show", or H for "Hide"?
The same metaphor appears in Word 2003. Go to "Tools: Options..." and click the Compatibility tab.
This options are grouped by words like "Don't", "Surpress", and "Use". When looking for hanging indent tab stops, I won't be looking for "Don't".
The only explanation I can find for this metaphor is laziness, and not the good kind. Instead of taking the time to group and organize options for us, the developer just throws them into a checked list box. This is also an indicator of feature indecision. If you have so many options that you need to scroll through them, you have failed to decide how your features work.