RE: Capitalization question - Microsoft Manual of Style

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Rob Hudson wrote:
 
> Notice that "minimize" is capitalized, but "button" is not. I 
> thought capitalization rules required that button also be 
> capitalized because it's a specific button?

As Lauren said, it's not part of the name ("Atlantic Ocean" is the
proper name of that ocean). 

Your proposal to capitalize references to a specific button would mean
capitalizing all nouns preceded by a definite article:

"I wish I had a book to read."
"Hand me that Book on the End Table."

Write like that, and people will think you're German. Or an engineer.
;-)

Richard


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