RE: Question about terminology

Subject: RE: Question about terminology
From: "Lorraine Butchart" <Lorraine -dot- Butchart -at- corel -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:44:23 -0400



>Quick question about some terminology...

>I'm documenting a web based app and I have put the
>fairly standard phrase "From the main menu, click ..."

>Now the problem is you don't click, you just mouse
>over to get the sub menu items to appear...

>So what should I put? "From the main menu, mouse over
>..." doesn't really work to say the least and I'm
>kinda stumped as to what to put...

>Thoughts?


We use "On the <menu name> menu, point to <submenu name>, and then click
<command name> in the menu that appears".

Lorraine L. Butchart
Documentation Specialist

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