RE: Capitalization question - Microsoft Manual of Style

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

You capitalize only what's in the GUI.

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> Subject: Capitalization question - Microsoft Manual of Style
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> Hi all,
> 
> Browsing my CD e-book of the Microsoft Manual of Style, Third Edition.
> Found this example:
> 
> "Click the Minimize button"
> 
> Notice that "minimize" is capitalized, but "button" is not. I thought
> capitalization rules required that button also be capitalized because
> it's a specific button?
> 


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