Re: Select, choose, click style guide

[Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>]

Rob Hudson wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Can someone suggest a good style guide that covers topics like "select
> vs. choose" and "click vs. click on"? I used to use the Microsoft
> Manual of Style, which recommended against using "select," but I'm not
> entirely sure anymore. I need a new bible.
> 

_Read Me First_ has a chapter dedicated to writing
about graphical user interfaces, plus a table of GUI
terminology. Our preferred usage is choose for menus,
select for lists, and click for buttons. We just say
"click," not "click on."

So:

   Choose File->Print.
   Select the color from the Colors list.
   Click OK.

-- Janice

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