Re: Capitalizing...research need

Subject: Re: Capitalizing...research need
From: Michelle Corbin <tiggernibroc -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:03:48 -0500


> So...where do you stand on anything that's showing on a screen being
> bolded? How are folks handling that distinction for the user if that's
> not how you're doing it, and how did your group come to this decision?
> At the very least, does anyone have handy some research that points to
> one way over another?

IBM Style uses bold for most UI/screen elements, except for window or
dialog names. From a capitalization perspective, we only use ALL CAPS
when the function requires it (rare these days), and we always match
whatever is on the UI/screen.

BTW, you can now access IBM Style on the Web at this location:
http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/publish/1387

In particular for this question, there are two different topics on
highlighting: highlighting by element type and highlighting by font
style.

Cheers,
Michelle

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References:
Capitalizing...research need: From: Erica Bruce

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