RE: Another Punctuation Question

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

NuVision Communications wrote:
 
> I'm working with a client with the convention of placing Buttons in
> Quotation Marks -- Click "OK"
> 
> So, I believe in this case the period, or comma, would go outside the
> Quotation Marks.

No, not if you're in the U.S. -- Click "OK." 

There's no reason to deviate from standard punctuation rules. What are you worried about -- that users will look for a button that has an O, a K, and a period on it? 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-903-6372
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