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Subject:RE: What to call access keys From:Shea Michael EXT <Michael -dot- Shea -dot- extern -at- icn -dot- siemens -dot- de> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:04:59 +0200
This comes down to knowing your audience. Is the distinction important to your audience?
The ornithologist or amateur bird-watcher wants to know if that bird over there is a juvenile Coopers Hawk or a female Red-Shoulder. Some might only want to know if it is a hawk or ...something else. Others take a look and say, "yeah it's a bird."
I believe many writers get hung up on describing the interface. In most cases, it is irrelevant to the user whether it is a drop-down combo box, or a text field, or a radio button. Focus instead on what the user wants to do.
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Sean wrote:
Shortcut keys and access keys are different. Access keys are preceded by
typing Alt. For example, open MS Word, press Alt F (these should be
pressed one after the other and not together). F is the access key for
the File menu. In Microsoft Word, press Ctrl + S, S is the shortcut key
for save (using the access keys, Alt F Alt S accomplishes the same
thing; in this case, for save, the access and shortcut keys are the
same).
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