RE: Another Punctuation Question

[Peter Sturgeon <prsturgeon -at- bell -dot- net>]

Not press on the "OK" button?
 

> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:59:10 -0500
> Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question
> From: nuvisioncomm -at- gmail -dot- com
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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:
> >
> > > 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
> > ------
> > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
> > 303-903-6372
> > ------
> >
> >
> >
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