Capitalization question - Microsoft Manual of Style

[Kevin Amery]

On 4/18/07, sbuckley <sbuckley at onlinewriter.com> wrote:
> Think of "Minimize" more as main subject.  There is a button called
> "Minimize" (either actually on the button or name given to a button with an
> icon).  "Button" in this case is more of an adjective.
>
> "Which button?"
>
> "The Minimize button."
>
>

Uhhh, if anything in there is an adjective, it's Minimize, not button.
"Button" doesn't modify anything: "Minimize" modifies "button."

However, I agree that Minimize should be capitalized but button should
not. Minimize is what identifies the object to be clicked. It may not
have a caption or tooltip, but if it did, that caption or tooltip
would be "Minimize" (which to me is good enough to invoke the
"capitalize what the user sees in the UI" rule).

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Until next time...

Kevin Amery