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RE: What is best way to show submenus in a document?
Subject:RE: What is best way to show submenus in a document? From:"Leslie Johnson" <lesliej -at- microsoft -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:30:31 -0700
Mary wrote:
"I also tend to feel that since Microsoft has the
time and money to have some spend 40 hours a week working on style
issues,
why should the rest of us spend any of our precious time reinventing
this
wheel?"
Not surprisingly, Mary's right - there are usability experts and
dedicated editors whose job it is to make sure that users all over the
world will the styles. It's amazing how much time and effort goes into
answering some of these questions! (It's also amazing to hear some of
the discussions that go on...for example, whether users *really*
understand what the ellipsis is for on a button.)
Leslie Johnson
PM (User Assistance)
eBooks group, Microsoft
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