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Subject:Re: on vs in From:Michael Loader <softlogik -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 8 Jul 1996 01:01:10 -0500
Stewart Walker wrote:
>If you're telling a user to select an option from a menu, should you
>use "on" or "in"? Which of the following do you prefer, and why:
>If the Online Tutor screen is not already displayed, click Learner
>Questions on the Advance menu panel.
>If the Online Tutor screen is not already displayed, click Learner
>Questions in the Advance menu panel.
>By the way, our app's menu is a panel of buttons down the left side of
>the window, rather than the usual Windows-style pull-down menu.
#2, because buttons and other controls are in a window or dialog box,
not on a window or dialog box.
I prefer "select Learner Questions from the Advance menu panel" or
"choose Learner Questions from the Advance menu panel." You normally
choose menu items and this is essentially a menu.
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