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Subject:Re: Command nomenclature From:Peter Kent <techwr -at- ARUNDEL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 9 Jun 1997 11:15:27 -0600
> I did a small survey of my company's users (mostly police officers) and
> found that over half didn't understand the convention Yvonne DeGraw
> suggests: "Choose File-->Open." However, we explain the convention only
> in
> the preface, and I suspect not many readers look at prefaces.
I sometimes explain this in the preface, but often also mention it at the
first use in the book. However, I don't really understand why anyone who
understands the GUI they're working with can't figure out this convention
fairly quickly. And of course you only have to figure it out once.
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