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Subject:RE: what do you call it? From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:"Ladonna Weeks" <ladonna -dot- weeks -at- comtrak -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:02:12 -0600
Ladonna Weeks wrote:
> Our windows or tabs are divided into sections with labels.
> According to MMSTP, these sections are "group boxes". I know
> I should not refer to them but in one case there are two
> group boxes with identical sets of buttons so I have to say
> "click the Search button in the Users group box" or something
> like that.
> (What makes it worse in this case is that the other group box
> is called "Groups" so I would end up saying to click the
> Search button in the Groups group box.) I'm looking for a
> synonym for "group box" since I have my doubts that our users
> would even know that term. So far, I have considered
> "section" and "panel". Any better ideas?
Section or area would work. "In the Users section, click ..."
Or, assuming the group boxes are clearly labeled at the top, refer to
them only by the label:
"Under Users, enter your search criteria and click Search."
As with buttons, the label alone is usually enough.
HTH!
Richard
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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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