[libreoffice-documentation] Button or icon

2013-01-24 Thread John Smith
Hi all To have a consistent instruction across the documents, do we, for example, say 'Click the Save button' or 'Click the Save icon'? Is button reserved for such items as 'OK', 'Cancel', 'Apply' for example? JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Button or icon

2013-01-24 Thread Dan Lewis
On 01/24/2013 09:37 AM, John Smith wrote: Hi all To have a consistent instruction across the documents, do we, for example, say 'Click the Save button' or 'Click the Save icon'? Is button reserved for such items as 'OK', 'Cancel', 'Apply' for example? JohnS 1. Or do we refer to the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Button or icon

2013-01-24 Thread Peter Schofield
Hello JohnS I think it should be Click Save, which is the way it is written in the user guides I have upgraded and Jean suggested. Regards PeterS On 24 Jan 2013, at 15:37, John Smith wrote: Hi all To have a consistent instruction across the documents, do we, for example, say 'Click

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Button or icon

2013-01-24 Thread John Smith
That's great. Icon it is then. JohnS On 24/01/2013 15:44, Peter Schofield wrote: Hello I agree with Dan. Those nice pictograms on toolbars should be called icons. Buttons when pressed normally give the impression that you have just pressed a button. When you click an icon, a tool or dialog

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Button or icon

2013-01-24 Thread John Smith
Hi Peter I didn't use a good example in the question, though I tried to clarify it with a reply. I ought to have used something like Navigator in the question as Save can be a large button used with Cancel or others in dialogues. I do use Click Save when referring to buttons in dialogues.