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Subject:RE: Nitpicky little style question From:Milan Davidovic <shl_ctf -at- yahoo -dot- ca> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:49:14 -0500 (EST)
--- Beth Agnew <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca> wrote:
> Well, I'm a little tired of the World According to
> Microsoft... Why not
> figure out a style that works for your user base,
> whether it conforms to
> Microsoft or not?
Good point, but I think in this case Microsoft also
has a good point. Why say "Click the Landscape radio
button" (in the Page Setup dialog box) when "Click
Landscape" would work just as well?
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