RE: What do you call the dot in a radio button?

[Bonnie Granat <BGranat -at- artisoft -dot- com>]

> I'm writing some documentation for a form design product and 
> I'm working on
> a section related to putting radio buttons on forms. I need 
> to discuss the
> little dot in the centre of the button that indicates when 
> the radio button
> is selected.


>From the Microsoft Manual of Style (addresses both end user and technical
audiences):

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.

See also Dialog Boxes and Property Sheets, option, option button

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