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RE: conventions for presenting Win and Mac keyboard shortcuts?
Subject:RE: conventions for presenting Win and Mac keyboard shortcuts? From:David Artman <David -at- DavidArtman -dot- com> To:llittle -at- words-tw -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:35:04 -0500
I would use conditional text to hide / show the appropriate keys, and generate two outputs.ÂDCA:d.a.d
-------- Original message --------From: llittle -at- words-tw -dot- com Date: 2/2/21 14:25 (GMT-05:00) To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Subject: conventions for presenting Win and Mac keyboard shortcuts? Now that my client's app is available on the web, they have their first Macusers. A very minute proportion of their users, in a Win-based industry, butwe still have to embrace them and any who follow.There are a few places in the help where we refer to Windows keyboardshortcuts. What is a good way to address the Mac differences? Inline (makingit more cluttered for the majority who are not on Mac)? Perhaps a stylisticdifference? A separate reference topic?I toyed with using a glossary popup on "Ctrl" = "Mac: Command key", butthat is not always a straight swap as illustrated in the example thatspawned this discussion:Ctrl+Enter to create a new line=Shift+Command+Enter All opinions and suggestions welcome.Thanks,Laurie ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and content development | https://techwhirl.com^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as david -at- davidartman -dot- com -dot- To unsubscribe send a blank email totechwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- comSend administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visithttp://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.Looking for articles on Technical Communications? Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.comLooking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions? Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
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