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The Microsoft Manual of Style *.HLP file has this to say about wizards:
Always use lowercase for the generic term wizard because Wizard is a
registered trademark. The names of feature wizards such as PageWizard
should always be checked with the legal department to be sure they are
not trademarked by another company.
Sounds like you're safe enough.
Bill Martin
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> From: arricka brouwer[SMTP:arricka -dot- brouwer -at- CESOFT -dot- COM]
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 1997 2:57 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Wizard terminology
>
> In the context of software configuration, is the term "wizard"
> trademarked by Microsoft, or anyone else? I'm working with a partner
> company that
> doesn't use the term in their documentation because, as they put it, "
> it's
> better to be safe than sorry."
>
> We currently use it in our documentation when referring to our
> "Account
> Setup Wizard".
>
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