Thanks, John. It's good to have people looking these things up when I don't have easy access to the files myself, and I rarely trust my memory these days. :-) --Jean
On 23/01/2013, at 6:57, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > Referring to Tab and Page, the Contributor's Guide, Chapter 5 Style Guide, on > page 12 says the term 'page[of tabbed dialog]' is preferred over 'tab [for > the operational area], any version of window'. > The usage example given is: 'On the xxxpage of the yyy dialog, ... [but], > Select the xxx tab and set..' > Also given is the information that 'dialog(s)' is the preferred term over > 'dialog box(es)'. > > JohnS > > On 22/01/2013 20:27, Jean Weber wrote: >> Thanks, Dave, for this and previous notes. I had caught several of those >> mid-numbered sublists, but obviously overlooked others. That is exactly the >> sort of embarrassing errors that other people see and my gaze skips right >> past. >> >> Yes, there is a discrepancy in the use of Tab and Page in dialogs, which we >> need to standardise. I don't recall what the latest consensus is on this >> subject, or indeed if we've reached a consensus. Nor is that the only >> inconsistency in usage that needs to be fixed. >> >> --Jean >> >> On 23/01/2013, at 5:49, Dave Barton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Jean, >>> >>> I have completed my read-through. >>> >>> Page 365: >>> 2) On the Name and Path of Master Document dialog (Figure 370): >>> >>> It looks like sub points g) h) i) j) should be a) b) c) d) >>> >>> No other obvious errors found. >>> >>> Suggestions for future updates: >>> >>> Page 113: >>> 4) On the Page page of the Page Style dialog box >>> Change "Page page" to read "Page tab". >>> >>> Page 114: >>> 2) On the Text Flow page of the Paragraph dialog box >>> Change "Text Flow page" to read "Text Flow tab". >>> >>> There are several other instances where "<dialog name> page" has been >>> used in place of "<dialog name> tab". Maybe I have missed some prior >>> consensus on the use of the term dialog "page" in place dialog "tab", >>> but it is not being consistently applied to this and other documentation. >>> >>> Page 123: >>> 2) Click the Link Frames icon on the object bar. >>> Change "object bar" to read "Frames toolbar" >>> >>> Regards >>> Dave >>> -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
