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Subject:RE: Call to the graphic designers in you From:"Lathrop, Sarah" <Sarah-Lathrop -at- forum-financial -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:53:22 -0400
The book "The Microsoft Windows User Experience: Official Guidelines for User Interface Developers and Designers" by Microsoft Press has the type of information you are looking for.
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From: France Baril [mailto:France -dot- Baril -at- ixiasoft -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 2:34 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Call to the graphic designers in you
I have to review stylesheets and dialog boxes, and people are now asking me questions about graphic presentation.
What is the standard distance between static text lines or check boxes?
Should we align static text? For example:
Name: Name value here
Age: Age value aligned with the name value above
Should we just follow what seems to be the norm in other property sheets and dialog boxes? Or are there strict guidelines to follow? I have Microsoft Manual of Style and I cannot find anything as specific as interface layout mesurement.
If you know of any reference book or website on the matter, I would be very interested. As a technical writer specialized in computer programming, I have never taken the time to study graphic design rules.
France Baril
Rédactrice Technique / Technical Writer
IXIASOFT
(514) 279-4942
france -dot- baril -at- ixiasoft -dot- com
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