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Subject:Re: Terminology for web page elements From:Maggie_Secara -at- capgroup -dot- com Date:Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:30:03 -0700
If there's only one Send button on that page, just say "Click Send". If the
page is cluttered, it may be useful to use a graphic with a callout
indicating the location.
Maggie Secara | The Capital Group Companies | Location: LAO
| Extension: 92274
Outside: (213) 452-2274 | E-mail:
maggie_secara -at- capgroup -dot- com
[ Mailing: 333 S. Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 USA ]
techwr-l-bounces+maggie_secara=capgroup -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on
08/18/2006 08:14:04 AM:
> For example, I may need to tell them to click a certain button in a
> certain section of the page, but I don't want to say "Click the Send
> button in the left hand corner on the bottom of the page." -- too wordy.
>
> I work for a large company where there is no style guide on this matter.
>
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