Re: Style question about quotes

["hbacheler" <hbacheler -at- aol -dot- com>]

Russell,

I have made it a HABIT/REQUIREMENT for my documents to have ALL  'buttons, 
keys, etc.' to be "ALL CAPS, BOLD" without quotation marks.  That way there 
is no misinterpretation, and they STAND OUT in the document.

this was specified.In a document style guide that I helped develop for a US 
Government agency.

Having been involved with various industry styles (i.e., IBM, NCR) since the 
early 1980's the styles that I have encountered. reinforce this approach.

Consistency works, regardless of the way keyboard key caps are made, or how 
the displays on the screen appear,

I welcome comments on this approach.

HTH,

Harry Bacheler
hbacheler -at- aol -dot- com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brasel, Russell" <russell -dot- brasel -at- hccredit -dot- com>
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Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:29 PM
Subject: Style question about quotes


I'm revising a document that predates my employment.  It's only a
procedure manual, and a small one at that, but when referring to a field
that appears in the program (and the accompanying screenshot), the text
is:

   Clicking the 'New App' button creates a new UAI record.

Don't worry about UAI-that's our internal acronym-but we have a New App
button.  How do the rest of you include field labels and button names in
your documents?  I've looked at MS Manual of Style, and don't consider
it gospel.

RGBrasel
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