I am posting again with the hope that some people are willing to share
their opinions about these formatting and style issues. When we agree on
these, I think we should add similar examples to the Contributor Guide.
Jean, if you have a chance, your thoughts would be valuable.
On 5/28/2019 2:52 PM, Cathy Crumbley wrote:
Hi All,
It would be helpful to discuss and agree on some style and formatting
issues that are not fully covered in the Contributor Guide. These are
all small issues but it would be good to have more consistency. If
time, perhaps these issues could be discussed tomorrow. We can then
update the Contributor Guide to reflect this agreement. Here goes:
Menu, title, and status are bars. All others are toolbars. Correct?
Should names of bars/toolbars be capitalized? That is, menu bar or
Menu bar; formatting toolbar or Formatting toolbar?
The names of GUI elements should match what is on the screen. However,
capitalization of those elements is inconsistent. Sometimes only the
first word of the name is capitalized, sometimes other words are also
capitalized. What should the policy be for documentation? Perhaps the
UX folks have a policy that we can follow.
How should GUI elements be formatted? Clearly MenuPath should be used
for instructions such as *View > Toolbars > Drawing.* But what is
considered a menu path? And when should emphasis be used?
What should be used:
*
Select Stack series to show cumulative Y values above each other.
*
Select *Stack series* to show cumulative Y values above each other.
*
Select /Stack series/ to show cumulative Y values above each other.
*
Something else?
What should be used:
*
Also adjusted is the 3D angle of the disc in the /Perspective/
page in the same set of tabs.
*
Also adjusted is the 3D angle of the disc in the *Perspective*page
in the same set of tabs.
*
Also adjusted is the 3D angle of the disc in the Perspectivepage
in the same set of tabs.
What should be used?
*
When “Data series as columns” and “First row as labels” are
selected on the Data Range page
*
When *Data series as columns*and *First row as labels*are selected
on the Data Range page
*
When /Data series as columns/and /First row as labels/are selected
on the Data Range page
Should it be: Step 1 or step 1? Should it be page 1 or Page 1?
I look forward to hearing what people think and imagine that other
people have similar nit-picking issues that they could add.
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