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Subject:FW: sentence case From:"Backer, Corinne" <CBacker -at- GLHEC -dot- ORG> Date:Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:04:38 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Backer, Corinne
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 10:01 AM
> To: 'Carolyn Hogan'
> Subject: RE: sentence case
>
> The reason I do it (use sentence case) is because there are a
> proliferation of proper nouns in our documentation, and if I use title
> case it makes it hard to see the screen names, report names, etc. If I use
> sentence case, they stand out much better.
>
> Corinne Backer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carolyn Hogan
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 4:48 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: sentence case
>
> We currently use sentence case for titles and TOC entries in our on-line
> help. We don't know the reasoning behind this decision, and were
> thinking of changing to the more traditional scheme of capitalizing
> titles. However, after doing an informal survey of on-line help, it
> appears that sentence case is quite popular.
>
> Does anyone know of any studies/research on the benefits of using
> sentence case for titles in on-line help? Or is this just the latest
> fad?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carolyn
>
>
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