RE: Microsoft Manual of Style questions

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Combs, Richard
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:42 AM
> To: Dan Goldstein; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Microsoft Manual of Style questions
> 
> > ... By the way, their instruction not to use the term "check box" is

> > confusing. Every one of their check box examples uses that 
> term! Maybe 
> > they meant that you shouldn't use the term for something 
> that isn't a 
> > check box...?
> 
> You read too quickly (and the construction lends itself to 
> misreading). It says "_Do_ use the term check box, however." 
> 

I didn't read too quickly. *They* failed to use the industry standard
for sloppy readers: bold, underlined, italicized, 24-point font.

(With circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one.)

Anyway, thanks for catching that!

Almost Friday,

Dan













































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