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Subject:Re: MS Manual of Style, disagreements with From:joanne grey <j_grey -at- WRITEANGLES -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 9 Jun 1997 09:24:39 -0700
Robin M. Allen wrote:
> Yvonne DeGraw wrote:
> > Bev Parks wrote:
> > An alternative I've used and gotten excellent user feedback on is:
> > Choose File-->Open.
>
> Yvonne:
> I agree with you on your disagreement with MS. I use something
> similar, but I use a bar instead of a wingding:
> Choose File | Open.
> or
> Choose Edit | Sort | By Name.
> And I explain it as a convention up front.
> :Robin Allen
I ususally use a slash, bolded: Choose File/Exit. It's explained in the
convention section, and it's consistent through the manual. I've never
had users say they didn't understand.
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