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RE: Capitalization of System Features that Are Not Interface Term s
Subject:RE: Capitalization of System Features that Are Not Interface Term s From:Jan Bishop <JBishop -at- hach -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:04:32 -0700
I would take a third way (not the Third Way {8^)):
On many screens, you can search for consumer records using one of the two
lookup features that XXXX Version 2.0 provides: Quick Lookup or Lookup. Not
all work screens have these two lookup features available to them.
Reasoning: lookup features encompass two named features, Quick Lookup and
Lookup.
IMHO, it makes the last sentence clearer; both of the named features are not
available, as opposed to just the second one.
Jan B.
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From: Rebecca
Subject: Capitalization of System Features that Are Not Interface Terms
Re: Software Documentation
Hi All,
I hate to capitalize unless there's a reason to do so. I am looking for a
guideline and source for whether or not, or when, to capitalize system
features when they are not interface terms.
Example:
Should we write:
On many screens, you can search for consumer records using one of the two
lookup features that XXXX Version 2.0 provides: quick lookup or lookup
screens. Not all work screens have the lookup features available to them.
Or should we write:
On many screens, you can search for consumer records using one of the two
Lookup features that XXXX Version 2.0 provides: Quick Lookup or Lookup
screens. Not all work screens have the Lookup features available to them.
Thank you for your help.
Rebecca
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