Re: Another Punctuation Question

Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question
From: NuVision Communications <nuvisioncomm -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:59:10 -0500

What's worse is that they actually write Click on "OK"

It's a good laugh, right?

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Combs, Richard
<richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com>wrote:

> NuVision Communications wrote:
>
> > I'm working with a client with the convention of placing Buttons in
> > Quotation Marks -- Click "OK"
> >
> > So, I believe in this case the period, or comma, would go outside the
> > Quotation Marks.
>
> No, not if you're in the U.S. -- Click "OK."
>
> There's no reason to deviate from standard punctuation rules. What are you
> worried about -- that users will look for a button that has an O, a K, and
> a period on it?
>
>
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
> ------
> rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
> 303-903-6372
> ------
>
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*NuVision Communications*
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