Re: Plus and minus sign buttons

[dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com]

"Kubrin, Andy" wrote:
> 
> I'm documenting an application that uses buttons labeled with
> plus and minus signs to step through a range of values...
> 
> Is anyone aware of a convention for referring to such buttons in text?

The first time I referred to them, I'd call them the Increase (+) and Decrease (-) buttons, maybe even showing the icons in-line rather than using the characters in parentheses.

The next time I referred to them, I'd just call them the Increase and Decrease buttons, and I probably wouldn't bother showing icons or characters (unless the audience is *really* green).

After that, I'd just say tell the reader to increase or decrease the value.

--David 
 
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