Pressing hold then stop is the correct order to do things and you wont loose steps or position. I think what Scott is wanting to accomplish is to move the tool out of the work fairly rapidly on a feed hold. Depending on how his machine is set up that could be quite a slow process with having to press two on screen buttons. With a touch screen or physical buttons its not long but if using a mouse its a bit longer and iif there are high spindle speeds involved on a machine such as a router a second or two can burn the tool and workpiece.
Hood