RE: Help button location in dialog boxes

Subject: RE: Help button location in dialog boxes
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: "Emelda Ben Shoshan" <emeldab -at- paradigmgeo -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:28:30 -0600

Emelda Ben Shoshan wrote:

> I would like to know if there are any standards on where to
> add the Help button (question mark) in dialog boxes. Is it
> normally positioned on the top-right hand corner or on the
> bottom part of the dialog box?

You're at a computer, right? Is it running the operating system about
which you're inquiring (you didn't say)? Does it have software on it
that displays dialog boxes? Poke around a bit, and you'll have your
answer. :-)

Richard


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Polycom, Inc.
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303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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