Re: Ctrl+C or CTRL+C

Subject: Re: Ctrl+C or CTRL+C
From: HBacheler -at- aol -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:50:27 EST


Brian, et al,

A number of years ago (too many to say) when the documentation was done on a
typewriter, or a word processor, it was customary to have all keyboard keys
including special characters in all CAPS and BOLD to make them stand out in
the midst of all of the text. (In the days of 'carbon paper'). (aside: Who
remembers those days?)

In the technical writing that I have done, also in those many years, I have
adhered to the 'best practice' of following that 'rule'

IMHO, this would be done to ensures that the 'reader' know which key, or
keys, to 'depress' on the keyboard of the 'machine' being used.

By making them stand out this way there should be no confusion of what the
key is, especially if the documentation goes through the 'copying' machine, and
you get the ninth 'copy'.

Hope this helps, in a small way.

Harry M. Bacheler, Jr.





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