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Subject:RE: What to call access keys From:KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:02:43 -0400
In Linux/UNIX environments, they might be called
meta-keys. I've even seen them called "super-shift" keys,
because you can use the shift key to modify a character key,
or a function key (sometimes), but you can use a [Ctrl] or
[Alt] key to modify the shift-ed versions of those other
keys.
Pick something that makes sense and doesn't seem to
conflict with other choices in your docs, and ...
document it.
/kevin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kubrin, Andy [mailto:AKubrin -at- FEICO -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 3:05 PM
> I have to say something about new access keys in my release
> notes. I'm
> talking about those Alt + _keystroke_ combinations that open
> a pulldown
> menu--for example, Alt + F for the File menu.
>
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