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Subject:Re: The Right Word From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:40:43 -0700
> In a training document, if I refer to the various menu selections
> under "File" (such as New, Open, Close, Save) as "subordinate" items,
> what would be an appropriate term for "File"?
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How about "main menu" items?
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