Re: TM symbol in GUI

[Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com>]

In article C3428A9FAEC66444B9E947EA9DE2B7A21C2CF0 -at- venus -dot- locusdialogue -dot- ad, johanne -dot- cadorette -at- locusdialog -dot- com ("Cadorette Johanne") writes:
>
>The Microsoft Manual of Style recommends not using the TM symbol in
>software elements. Opinions?=20
>

I would guess that this dates from the days when books 
were in hard-copy print and only the software itself was 
online. I would be surprised if they are referring to 
online documentation.

>
>If the trademark should appear in the UI, is it acceptable to just use
>TM between parentheses instead of the uppercase TM?
>

Parentheses might be confusing. I've seen the TM included in 
square brackets or (more frequently) in superscript, <sup>TM</sup> 
or, even fancier, <small><sup>TM</sup></small>. There is also a 
registered trademark mark in HTML &reg;

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