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Subject:Better include What's This help... From:"Wilcox, John (Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 3 Apr 1997 11:57:00 -0800
...because zillions of people are now going to expect it. From today's
Windows 95 Tip of the Day:
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WHAT'S THIS?
If you don't understand a button or an option in a Windows 95 dialog
box, get some help--and we don't mean by choosing Help in the Start menu
and weeding through the index. Right-mouse click the button or option,
and in most cases, you'll see a What's This? button. Click it for the
inside scoop.
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Btw, doesn't the word "mouse" seem just a tad extraneous as used above?
I mean, what else could you right-click?
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services
Weyerhaeuser
WWC 2E2
Tacoma, WA 98477-0001
206-924-7972
wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
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