Re: Quick Reference Rules

["Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- net -dot- au>]

David wrote:

> Only choice:  Choose Tools, Options, Whatever.
> 
> (It's a sequence of choices, so commas are best.  Slashes are nonsense.)

Maybe, but whatever you use, you should explain
the convention somewhere. Commas seem no better
and no worse to me.

> Note that I used "choose."  Microsoft used to 
>be really clear and logical about when to 
>use "select" and when to use "choose."  
>"Click So-and-so" is just mushy and imprecise.


Tech writers being a contrary bunch, what the
Microsoft style guide recommends and what
their user guides actually do are not always the
same.

In general, though, you "click" a button,
you "choose" a command, and you "select"
an option (as, for example, on a property sheet).

-- 
Mike W
Melbourne

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