Re: Nitpicky little style question

Subject: Re: Nitpicky little style question
From: "Gary Robinson" <RobinsonG2 -at- michigan -dot- gov>
To: "Russell Brasel" <russell -dot- brasel -at- hccredit -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:05:27 -0500

Hello,

Given that you are working in a Windows environment, I would follow the
Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, 3rd Ed. There is
a pdf version online somewhere (Washington U in St. Louis?) that you can
download for reference.

Regards,

Gary

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Gary G. Robinson
BRIDGES Project - Online Documentation
Michigan Dept. of Human Services
235 S. Grand Ave.
Lansing, MI 48933
517.241.3729

RobinsonG2 -at- michigan -dot- gov

>>> "Brasel, Russell" <russell -dot- brasel -at- hccredit -dot- com> 12/12/2006 9:56:41
AM >>>
Good morning, everybody!

I've converted one of old Robohelp systems (which we apparently never
used and probably won't) to a web-based system. Reading through the
files, I found a "How to use Windows" section-this was written during
a
transition from our old VAX system to a Windows based system-and
started
wondering if anyone says "radio button" anymore.

Given that everyone who works here either doesn't remember what Unix
or
AS400 was (is, for some of you out there) or is familiar with Windows,
should I just use "click," "select," and so on?

RGBrasel
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