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Subject:Re: Re: What would you call this? From:TS <tenglish -at- banet -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Mon, 01 Nov 1999 22:50:58 -0800
Angela -
I'm afraid I can't be of much help with your specific question. However, if
you are writing for Windows applications, there's a great resource out
there (which may have the answer to your question). Unfortunately, the book
is at my office [and I am on vacation] so I can't look up the answer. But,
it's called "The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications"
($23.99 on www.amazon.com).
Not much help this time 'round, but it may help in the future :)
Good luck!
Tara
>>My question: what do I call these? I've just been using "area" and "tab"
>>temporarily. I can't think of an application that has exactly the same
>>structure so I can't compare it to anything directly.
