Re: When should we use "..." for menu items?

[Henri Sivonen]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Charles Manske 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The "Property" items in Microsoft products, such as WordPad (I would 
> assume Word) and VC++ editor don't use "..."

I think Apple's HIG overrides Microsoft's practice.

Prefereces... is supposed to have the ellipsis according to the Mac OS 8 
HIG addition. I think it is safe to extrapolate that Properties... 
should have an ellipsis, too. 
(http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/HIGOS8Guide/thig-54.html#HEADING
54-0)

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Henri Sivonen
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