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Re: What is best way to show submenus in a document?
Subject:Re: What is best way to show submenus in a document? From:"Lisa Wright" <liwright -at- qwest -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 2 Jun 2001 08:31:37 -0600
Hi John,
That's exactly the convention I use too. I guess the coffee hasn't quite kicked in yet; I said what I don't like (going backwards) without saying what I DO (starting at the top level).
"Select Edit-->Preferences-->Units" (only the arrow is one from the symbol font instead of the dash-dash-carat).
Right there with ya.
Lisa Wright
From: John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
When I'm writing about a software capability that is found somewhere
on a menu, I ALWAYS direct the user on how to get to it starting from
the first level. It may be overkill, but those who need it like it
and those who don't ignore it. Also, forgetting if it is good GUI
design, I've also run into applications that used the same submenu
name for different purposes in more than one place and it helps to
avoid confusion.
I do this in printed documentation and in online help.
I use the following format:
File -> New -> Window
Maybe the -> has a different meaning when used in different context.
However, just like nobody comnplains about using a period at the end
of a sentence becuase it is also used in a file name, the key is
context.
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