RE: Button vs. Icon

Subject: RE: Button vs. Icon
From: "Jim Shaeffer" <jims -at- spsi -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:34:26 -0500


Here's some wisdom extracted from the _Microsoft Manual of Style for
Technical Publications_. In this case, it seems to make sense.

Command button: Rectangular button that initiates an action. A command
button label ending with ellipses indicates that another dialog box will
appear: More information is needed before the action can be completed.

Icon: Use only to describe a graphic representation of an object that a
user can select and open, such as a drive, disk, folder, document, or
program.

Toolbar: Toolbar is the standard term for the various rows below the
menu bar that contain buttons and commands for commonly used tasks. Do
not use command bar except in technical documentation.


Jim Shaeffer

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