Re: Capitalization of dialog titles: Headline Style or Initial capital only?
William Hudson <[email protected]>
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Tim - Thanks again for that. My copy of Office 2007 still uses headline capitalization in the menus and ribbon. Are your sure you've seen sentence case? I've checked Outlook, Word and PowerPoint. Regards, William Hudson Syntagm Ltd Design for Usability US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 mailto:[email protected] http://www.syntagm.co.uk http://www.designforusability.com Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10 Oxford Road, Abingdon OX14 2DS. > -----Original Message----- > From: ACM SIGCHI WWW Human Factors (Open Discussion) [mailto:CHI- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: 05 June 2008 15:04 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Capitalization of dialog titles: Headline Style or Initial > capital only? ... > > Windows Vista does not follow this new UI guideline. Office 2007 does. > The guideline includes an exception "For legacy applications you may > use title-style capitalization for command buttons, menus, and column > headings if necessary to avoid mixing capitalization styles." So I > guess Windows Vista is considered a legacy application. > -------------------------------------------------------------- Tip of the Day: Suspend your subscription if using auto replies CHI-WEB: www.sigchi.org/web POSTINGS: mailto:[email protected] MODERATORS: mailto:[email protected] SUBSCRIPTION CHANGES & FAQ: www.sigchi.org/web/faq.html --------------------------------------------------------------