RE: Quotation marks around user interface labels

Subject: RE: Quotation marks around user interface labels
From: "Chinell, Bear UTCFS" <David -dot- Chinell -at- fs -dot- utc -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:13:37 -0400

Nancy:

Our style is not to give any special typographical treatment to GUI
elements, based on the idea that the value added isn't worth the extra
cost.

We allow either of two workarounds to be applied consistently in a
product library.

The author can globally title-case GUI elements.

The author can selectively apply double quotes when the element label
can be confused with supporting text.

Bear
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References:
Quotation marks around user interface labels: From: Nancy Allison
RE: Quotation marks around user interface labels: From: Lynne Wright
RE: Quotation marks around user interface labels: From: Wroblewski, Victoria

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