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
>>>> 

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