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Subject:Re: Buttons: Radio vs. Radial? From:"Caroline Briggs (Pachaud) (Exchange)" <carolinp -at- EXCHANGE -dot- MICROSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:05:55 -0800
From the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications:
radio button Refers to option button, the round buttons in dialog boxes
that users select to make one choice from among several items. Do not use in
end-user documentation; use option or the specific name of the option
instead. Avoid in technical documentation. If necessary for a particular
technical audience or to maintain consistency with previous documentation,
use option button, noting on first use that it's also called radio button,
and include in the index as a synonym for option button.
