RE: Help button location in dialog boxes

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

Emelda Ben Shoshan wrote:

> I would like to know if there are any standards on where to 
> add the Help button (question mark) in dialog boxes. Is it 
> normally positioned on the top-right hand corner or on the 
> bottom part of the dialog box?

You're at a computer, right? Is it running the operating system about
which you're inquiring (you didn't say)? Does it have software on it
that displays dialog boxes? Poke around a bit, and you'll have your
answer. :-)

Richard


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Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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