In the past, dialog box names used default character styles. If any were
not, then those would be in error.
When I was a tech editor over at Motorola/Freescale Semiconductor, their
style guide specifically mandated dialog box over dialog, as dialog box
was the earlier form used by Microsoft and others, possibly even at
Sun... It appears that dialog(ue) is more of a UK English thing, like
other Brit and Commonwealth items.
Gary
Sak wrote:
Apologies, I've had this review done for a little while now, but a few
distractions prevented me from uploading it.
I left a few notes in so that you could see what I was thinking on
some of my edits. I discovered something with this document that
brought me to a couple questions of style.
First, the use of italics for naming dialog windows was implemented in
some places but not others. I went ahead and italicized the other
places, but I didn't see anything in the Style Guide about whether
this was a preferred method or not. I'd be curious to know what your
thoughts are on this for future revisions or documents that I'm
working on.
I also made a few changes to some wording that I thought sounded a
little odd. This may be a matter of personal preference though, and
not really specific to grammar. What was hitting me odd was the use
of "in" or "on" when discussing a "dialog" or "page." In some cases,
the wording was "in the page" or "on the dialog" which sounded a
little strange to me. I realize that what is meant is "dialog box"
but making "dialog" as the object of the sentence just felt bizarre.
That may be that my thinking of "dialog" with the more traditional
definition, as a discussion between two or more people instead of a
user interface component for software, got in the way. So what I
suggested were a few changes that went more along the lines of "in the
dialog" and "on the page," but only where "page" or "dialog" were the
object of the sentence. In other cases, where it was something like
"in the dialog box," still made sense to me, so I left them alone.
Again, this may just be a matter of personal style for what sounds
right to me, so you can ignore those suggestions if you like.
In regards to content, I added a bit about the options split for OOo
Writer and OOo Writer/Web documents. Since the options are
essentially identical for the two areas, I just referenced the
previous section in the chapter for detailed discussion on the
settings available.
The ToC is fixed (thanks Jean for your help on that), and I removed a
reference or two that I felt seemed a little unnecessary.
Here's the file...
http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide3/writer3/feedback/0202WG-SettingUpWriter_20080806_Sak.odt
Thanks,
Sak.
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