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Subject:Re: Marquee From:Karen Davis PSP team 03 505 <karene -at- ASIMOV -dot- SC -dot- TI -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 31 Aug 1995 13:56:01 CDT
I've never heard of the dashed box being called a Marquee... I've usually
seen it referred to as a "bounding box" or "zoom box" if the area is to
be sized. One program I used referred to it as a "rubber band" to stretch
around the chosen objects.
However, should you choose to call it a Marquee, just define the term
at the beginning of the document and go with it! Everyone else makes up
terminology, so pick the word that suits you unless you are defining
a standard for the company. Then pick the word that suits the boss! :)
Define it, one way or another.
Karen
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