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Subject:RE: About that whacky MS MoS for TPs From:"MMdeaton" <mmdeaton -at- mmdeaton -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 21 Jun 2001 18:17:49 -0700
Having been one of the people who worked on the first internal versions of
the style guides, let me try and answer some of these questions.
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[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-67915 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Brierley,
Sean
1) Why capitalize the 'H' in online Help? Really, what, is it a proper noun?
Yes, Windows Help is a proper noun, shortened to Help in most documentation.
2) Why capitalize the 'T's in ToolTip? That is really strange. What's wrong
with lowercase, except when the initial T starts a sentence, of course.
Yes, Tootips, when used by Microsoft, is a trademarked proper noun.
3) What is wrong with 'grayed-out.' Dimmed? What's dimmed? The lightbulb of
the genius who decided not to use 'grayed-out,' which is a term everybody
understands. "Dimmed,' indeed.
Not all "dimmed" text appears to be gray to the user, especially if the user
has changed their system font colors.
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