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Subject:Re: periods inside quotation marks? From:"Taylor, Steve" <steve -dot- taylor -at- ALLEGIANCETELECOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:43:32 -0500
Don't use quotation marks. Use boldface to indicate button names. This
alleviates your problem. Check the Microsoft Manual of Style or the Sun
Microsystems Style Manual...I believe they both use the same conventions...
For example (and since bold probably won't carry over, bf will indicate bold
face):
1. Click (bf)Button(/bf).
I use this and it has worked well for me
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Steve Taylor
Consultant for Technical Directions, Inc.
On location at:
Allegiance Telecom, Inc.
Dallas, TX
(214) 853-7182
steve -dot- taylor -at- allegiancetelecom -dot- com http://www.alegiancetele.com
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> From: Shannon White [SMTP:shannonwhite -at- YAHOO -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 10:38 AM
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> Subject: periods inside quotation marks?
>
> I am doing online Help for an application that has several buttons
> that use odd terminology. The interface design (due to egos) will not
> be changed, so I have to make do.
>
> Question: in referring to a button, where does the punctuation go?
>
> Example: If the name of the button is Remove, do I use show the
> command as
>
> 1. Click "Remove."
> OR
> 1. Click "Remove".
>
> I know that sentence rules say punctuation goes inside the quotation
> marks, but here I am emphasizing the button name and not an actual
> quote.
>
> If you think you have it figured out, here is the kicker. I have
> several buttons that use punctuation within the button name, such as
> Modify. . .
>
> Then, would I use
>
> 1. Click "Modify. . . ."
>
> OR
>
> 1. Click "Modify. . .".
>
> I am bound by screen design and the requirement to put the button in
> quotation marks. My only question is, where does the ending period
> go? For clearest communication, it would seem to go outside the marks
> since the buttons do NOT contain the ending period.
>
> Please, sway me one way or the other.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shannon White
>
>
>
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