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Re: phrasing of unavailable options

Subject: Re: phrasing of unavailable options
From: "Burns, Nancy" <nburns -at- BREAULT -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 15:23:08 -0700

The Microsoft Manual of Style suggests the following: 
 
"Use unavailable to refer to commands and options, but use dimmed instead of grayed to describe the appearance of an unavailable command or option. Also, use appears dimmed, not is dimmed."
 
Nancy Burns
nburns -at- breault -dot- com
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Kristen Lorenz <klor -at- INTFACE -dot- COM>
Date: Tuesday, November 04, 1997 12:29 PM

 
>I'm working on an online help file and I have to state that an option is
>unavailable, but will be with future enhancements....etc. Any
>suggestions on a good way to phrase this?

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