RE: Style guide for GUI elements wanted

["Janoff, Steve" <sjanoff -at- illumina -dot- com>]

Richard's excellent resource and link inspired this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511258.aspx

Under Guidelines, look for Text.

These guidelines are for Windows 7 and Vista, but they seem like a good general reference.

HTH,

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of Combs, Richard
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:33 AM
To: Robert Lauriston; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Style guide for GUI elements wanted

Robert Lauriston wrote: 
 
> The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications aka MSTP 
> covers all that stuff. <snip>

MSTP is a style guide for _tech writers_. Robert's looking for a style guide for _GUI designers_. 

For a Windows application, everything you'd ever want to know about UI design is available on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). Start here: 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997438


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-903-6372

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