RE: Convention for navigation labels in documentation

Subject: RE: Convention for navigation labels in documentation
From: Ron Hearn <rhearn -at- central1 -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:44:34 -0700

Thanks Bear and Annette for your input! :)

Ron Hearn
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chinell, Bear CCS [mailto:David -dot- Chinell -at- fs -dot- utc -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 7:13 AM
To: Ron Hearn; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Convention for navigation labels in documentation

Ron:

I just wanted to add the details of my approach. Whenever possible, we use title casing (even if it's not identical casing to the GUI).

If that's not an option, we use a character style (called CharGUI, alias CG). This style adds bolding and a 60% color to the text. The coloration is an alternative method to even out the text a little (rather than reducing the font size).

Bear


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References:
Convention for navigation labels in documentation: From: Ron Hearn
Re: Convention for navigation labels in documentation: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: Convention for navigation labels in documentation: From: Courtney, Robert
RE: Convention for navigation labels in documentation: From: Elissa K. Miller
RE: Convention for navigation labels in documentation: From: Ron Hearn
RE: Convention for navigation labels in documentation: From: Chinell, Bear CCS

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