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Subject:Re: Term used for Wizard pages/panels/windows From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:15:02 -0600
Madelyn wrote:
> I am looking for feedback on the term used by other writers to refer to =
> the individual pages/panels/screens/windows (whatever-ya-call'em!) in a =
> Wizard.
>
> I've seen Panel, Window, and Screen--and some remarkably skilled =
> avoidance at calling them anything at all.
Wow, you're right - even the MS MSTP manages to avoid telling us. But I
think "screens" is your best bet.
"Pages" (according to MSTP) refer to *Web* pages, and the term "panel"
doesn't seem to be used at all.
Have you tried pulling up a multi-screen Wizard in some Microsoft product,
to see how they direct you from one part to another? That might be a good
model to follow...
Keith Cronin
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