Re: windows, dialog boxes, and property sheets

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- att -dot- net>]

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From: "Nancy Mignone" <n_mignone -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 12:20 PM
Subject: windows, dialog boxes, and property sheets


> I've read through the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications
> many times, but I still am not sure when something is a window, or when it
> is a dialog box.

If users must interact with it,  it's a dialog box. If it just sits there
like a lox, it's a window.

> For example,
> On the Start menu, click Settings, then click Printers.
> In the Printers window (?), double-click the Add Printer icon.
> In the Add Printers Wizard dialog box (?), select Network printer server.
>

I would say:

1. Click Start > Settings > Printers. The Printers dialog box opens.
2. Double-click Add Printer. The Add Printers Wizard opens.
3. Select Network Printer Server.
...

Bonnie Granat - http://home.att.net/~bgranat
Technical Editor and Writer - 617-354-7084





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