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Subject:Re: Screen vs. Window From:Sharon Burton <sharonburton -at- EMAIL -dot- MSN -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:13:12 -0700
The Microsoft standard is that these are called panes. As in Window...
True.
sharon
Sharon Burton
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-----Original Message-----
From: Amy G. Peacock <apeacock -at- WOLFENET -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Friday, 12 June, 1998 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: Screen vs. Window
>Hmmm...this thread interests me because I faced this kind of
>definition distinction problem in my own writing not too long ago. One
>of the docs I was working on has windows(the kind we all know and
>love) on the screen (the monitor itself). BUT, there are *sections*
>within each window. So, on the left side of the window you have
>name/address info for vendors, and on the other side you have product
>information for the vendors. The two sides are divided but directly
>related to each other. So what should I call these windows within
>windows? Vendor section? Side? Window? Should I refer to the
>location? Left side/Right side? What a good Friday question, eh? :)
>
>Amy Peacock
>techwriter & jewelrymaker
>apeacock -at- wolfenet -dot- com
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