Style question about quotes

[Kevin Amery]

On 11/27/06, Janice Gelb <janice.gelb at sun.com> wrote:

> Our internal style does not use quotes. We use initial capitals,
> not bolded.
>
> There are several reasons why we do not format GUI items
> with bold or other special formatting:
>
> * In procedures that are performed in a GUI, every step
> would contain probably at least a couple of items with the
> special formatting, so picking out GUI items from regular
> text would not really be all that easy. Plus the procedures
> start looking like ransom notes.
>
> * We want users to read the explanatory text between menu
> item and button names. We don't just want them randomly
> clicking and choosing things that are in bold or some other
> formatting.
>
> -- Janice
>
>

At my former employer, we had a character style for UI elements that
used a different font. the idea was to make it easier for customers to
recognize what they should look for on the screen.

-- 
Until next time...

Kevin Amery
Tech Writer in Toronto