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Subject:Re: Quick! Opinion needed... From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 22 May 2001 11:01:55 -0700 (PDT)
In article qmail -at- web10805 -dot- mail -dot- yahoo -dot- com, vetalidevi -at- yahoo -dot- com (M Silverspring) writes:
>We're having a meeting this AM to discuss revisions to
>our Style Guide. At the moment, "Click Enter" and
>other small finalizing actions must be listed as a
>separate step.
>While I know this is standard in many places, it seems
>a bit condescending and makes for an awful lot of
>extra steps in some cases. I'd like to change these
>small finalizing actions so they can be part of the
>step they confirm. This could be done by making "Click
>Enter" a bullet under the step, or some other thing.
>
>Of course, for windows where clicking Enter is the
>only action, it would be a separate step.
>
>What think you, oh wise ones?
>
I wouldn't do it as a bullet under the item -- I'd try
very hard to convince everyone that it should be included
at the end of the step: "Type the information into the
Whosit field and press Enter." "Choose File->Print,
select the appropriate print options, and click OK."
(BTW, at Sun we reserve "click" for online GUI buttons and
use "press" for keyboard buttons.)
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