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Re: Nitpicky little style question

Subject: Re: Nitpicky little style question
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:13:49 -0500

Brasel, Russell wrote:

Good morning, everybody!

I've converted one of old Robohelp systems (which we apparently never
used and probably won't) to a web-based system. Reading through the
files, I found a "How to use Windows" section-this was written during a
transition from our old VAX system to a Windows based system-and started
wondering if anyone says "radio button" anymore.


According to Microsoft, you should avoid radio button and use Option button instead. IBM says to say "select option" and not use the term "radio button." Apple, on the other hand, still uses radio button. SInce my documentation is for a Windows based system, I choose to follow the Microsoft standard.

Al

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