RE: Single Spacing: Brain vs body

Subject: RE: Single Spacing: Brain vs body
From: "John Posada" <JPosada -at- isogon -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 11:20:17 -0400


I also use a text attribute (bold or italics) for any string of text
that is:

- input by the user
- output by the application
- the name of a dialog box where a user performs an action.

I have for years. Usefulness before design

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Isogon Corporation
http://www.isogon.com
"Realizing Your Business Goals
Through Software Asset Management"

-----Original Message-----
Subject: RE: Single Spacing: Brain vs body

>> We started using bold for the names of interface elements because
>> some of those names are several words long and made it difficult to
>> read some setences no matter how hard we try to rewrite them. So a
>> sentence like:

>We use bolding in our manuals for the same reasons Sean does.


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