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Subject:Re: Screen vs. Window From:Martha J Davidson <editrix -at- SLIP -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 12 Jun 1998 14:52:26 -0700
At 11:49 AM 6/12/98 -0700, Amy Peacock wrote:
>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.
I've heard them called "panes."
>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? :)
Does each section have some sort of title? I'd use a combination of the
section title and the location: "In the the Whatsit pane on the left,
select Whatever. You will see a Thingamajig in the Whosit pane on the
right." Or something to that effect
martha
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Martha Jane {Kolman | Davidson}
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