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Subject:Re: Yes / No / Cancel From:MAGGIE SECARA <SECARAM -at- MAINSAVER -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:37:32 -0700
And to answer the question, I believe this is the attitude that Microsoft
takes as well. I can't say that I've actually SEEN every yes/no choice in
every Microsoft product, but what I have seen seems to be goverened by the
principle as Suzette lays it out.
I also don't think Microsoft is going to refuse its approval outright if you
guess wrong on something like this. They might ask you to make a change--and
not a very big change, after all.
> -----Original Message-----
> Suzette Seveny said:
[...]
> "Do you want to save document.XXX?" - Yes / No / Cancel. In this
> situation
> there is a valid reason for having Cancel presented as an option. Yes =
> Save
> and exit; No = No Save and exit; Cancel = No Save and No exit.
>
> Suzette Seveny
> Markham, Ontario, Canada
> sseveny -at- petvalu -dot- com or suzette -at- yesic -dot- com
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