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= User Interface Text Guideline =
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== In short ==
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* use "Title Caps" for window titles, menu items, push buttons, etc.
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* use "Sentence caps" for radio buttons, checkboxes, or dialog messages.
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* assign "&" access keys to almost all menu items.
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* append ellipsis "..." to menu items only when additional information is
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required to perform the action. For example,
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** "Update..." will open dialog to select which revision to update.
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** "Diff to Parent" will open diff window immediately.
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== References ==
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=== Capitalization ===
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* [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa974176.aspx#capitalization|Microsoft - User Interface Text - Guidelines - Capitalization]]
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** "Title Caps" for window title.
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** "Sentence caps" for others, but "Title Caps" is acceptable for buttons, menus and headings.
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* [[http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/TextStyle/TextStyle.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000365-BABDIBBH|OS X Human Interface Guidelines - Text Style - Capitalizing Labels and Text]]
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** "Title Caps" for menus, buttons and labels that aren't full sentences.
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** "Sentence caps" for radio buttons, check boxes, dialog messages, etc.
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=== Menus ===
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* [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa511502.aspx#accessKeys|Microsoft - Menus - Guidelines - Access keys]]
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* [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa511502.aspx#ellipses|Microsoft - Menus - Guidelines - Using ellipsis]] |