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Subject:Indicating multilevel picks in menus From:holland -at- CVAX -dot- IPFW -dot- INDIANA -dot- EDU Date:Sat, 4 Dec 1993 15:02:45 EST
In a recent posting, Fred Jacobsen mentioned using the pipe [|] and various
other characters to make multilevel picks from menus--for example,
File|Print
would mean select File from the Main Menu, and Print from the File menu.
In documenting PC programs, I prefer
File\Print
and don't find users (May I use that word?) confused about this semi-logical
extension of directory\subdirectory notation.
Other solutions?
Steve Hollander
holland -at- cvax -dot- ipfw -dot- indiana -dot- edu
