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Subject:Re: Shortcut vs. Accelerator keys From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Thu, 5 Jun 1997 14:59:53 -0700
>From: Buck & Tilly Buchanan[SMTP:writer -at- DHC -dot- NET]
>>This is NOT A FLAME.<<
NOR IS THIS. <g>
>
>>>
>I've noticed many many many questions on this list that I can answer in
>five seconds by reference to the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical
>Publications ($22.95 through Amazon.com). I refer to that styleguide as
>many as 20 times every day, and although I don't always agree with MS's
>method, it's my CYA book. Anything that's not covered therein comes
>from Chicago.
>
>Why agonize about "Click" or "Click on" and other such questions. Just
>do it!
<<
It is quite possible that not all people want to be Microsoft zombies.
There just *may* be a better way out there. Maybe someone at Microsoft
made a poor decision. It could happen.
>
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