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What's worse is that they actually write Click on "OK"
It's a good laugh, right?
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Combs, Richard
<richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com>wrote:
> NuVision Communications wrote:
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> > 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.
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> No, not if you're in the U.S. -- Click "OK."
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> 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?
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> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
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Debbie M.
*NuVision Communications*
nuvisioncomm -at- gmail -dot- com
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