TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
FW: Referring to an unnamed button with three dots
Subject:FW: Referring to an unnamed button with three dots From:"Rochelle McAndrews" <rmcandrews -at- csiu -dot- org> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:19:51 -0400
Why not just call it what it is--an ellipsis?
We've provided something akin to the following:
"...click the square ellipsis button [.] adjacent to the File Name field."
Cheers!
******************************************************************
Daniel Ng wrote:
Am documenting a configuration type dialog box. Provides options to
toggle various settings.
It looks something like this in a dialog:
Category Filter Settings <Text Field> <...> <- button with three
dots.
When you write a help topic, how would describe that '...'.
I believe this is quite common in the Visual Studio Property Sheets
dialog.
* Click Browse? (there is no button of such name though)
* Click the '...' button ? (seems out of convention though)
* Ask programmer to give it a name (ie. 'Filter...')
What would you do?
---------------
Kuan Jern Ng <kjng -at- gprotechnologies -dot- com>
Lead Trainer & Technical Writer, GPRO Technologies Bhd.
^
This message may contain privileged, confidential information that is
exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee
indicated in this message or if it does not apply to you or your
organization, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such a
case, please delete this message and reply to the sender immediately. Thank
you.
Now Shipping -- WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word! Easily create online
Help. And online anything else. Redesigned interface with a new
project-based workflow. Try it today! http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l
Doc-To-Help 2005 now has RoboHelp Converter and HTML Source: Author
content and configure Help in MS Word or any HTML editor. No
proprietary editor! *August release. http://www.componentone.com/TECHWRL/DocToHelp2005
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archiver -at- techwr-l -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Send administrative questions to lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
