Re: Grey, Gray, Ghosted, Unavailable

Subject: Re: Grey, Gray, Ghosted, Unavailable
From: David Castro <techwrtr -at- CRL -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 08:05:10 -0700

While it's probably not PC, I believe the Microsoft standard is "disabled."
This is also how programmers will most likely refer to it.

-David Castro
techwrtr -at- crl -dot- com

At 10:39 AM 8/25/97 -0400, Dennis Hays wrote:
>When a menu item is not available (windows-like interface), what is the
>applicable terminology to use in documentation. I've seen greyed-out,
>ghosted, and so forth. What terminology are others using to indicate these
>items in menu choices?
>
>Dennis Hays

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