In article <91g6tp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Sjoerd Visscher"
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> I don't agree. The user should know that, and most do I think. That's why
> there is an Apply button.
I'd be quite surprised if the Apply button didn't confuse the average
user. When you change the settings, they don't seem to take effect in
the window behind the dialog. Which button should you click? Should you
click Apply and then OK? Since there is a separate Apply button, does
the OK button only close the dialog without applying the changes? If so
what is the Cancel button there for?
Of course a smart user can figure this out after trying out a few
combinations.
But then again, it the buttons don't work the same way in all Microsoft
products. Open the style editor in Word. Edit some styles. If you then
click Apply, the currently selected style will be applied to the block
where the cursor was when you opened the style editor. It doesn't just
show the visual effect of modifying the style, but it might change the
style associated with the block where the cursor happened to be in! If
you want to only make the changes to the style definitions but don't
want to change the style the active block is associated with, you should
just close the style editor without clicking Apply.
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Henri Sivonen
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