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Subject:Re: just when you think you heard it all From:Emily Berk <emily -at- armadillosoft -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:25:22 -0700
On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 08:26:19 -0400, Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> wrote:
>Got a frantic email from a user. The instructions said "click the right
>mouse button." She wanted to know what would happen if she clicked the wrong button by mistake. She was serious.
That's why, in my recently completed Style Guide, I decided we should say "left-click" and "right-click" ....
It's not possible to anticipate everything, but I try!
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