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Subject:Re: Ellipsis button - what is it called? From:The Tech Writer <techwrtr -at- CRL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 28 Aug 1997 16:15:04 -0700
I went one step further, at my last place, and put "Click <screen capture
of ellipsis here> and browse to the file location." Fortunately, the few
places I put it didn't mess up the leading.
-David Castro
techwrtr -at- crl -dot- com
On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Suzanne Maloon wrote:
> I MUST disagree with this----------------->"Click ... and browse to the
> file location."
>
>
> Saying "Click...and browse to the file location" looks as if you forgot to
> complete your thought. Call it the ellipsis button, and then give a screen
> capture to give your readers a clue of what you're talking about.
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