The attached Word 2003 document lists all the strings - 107 of them -
that contain "click and drag", from all MS products published by June 4,
2012. Enjoy!
Wei Jiang
English<>Chinese Translator and Multilingual DTPer based in Beijing, China
All those On 10/26/2012 4:21 AM, Bill Swallow wrote:
from framers Digest, Vol 84, Issue 23
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:28:47 -0700
From: Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ?
Microsoft Manual of Style says drag.
IMHO, style manuals are important
Out of the multilingual Microsoft corpus which covers all their major
products, I do see quite a few instances of click and drag. They are:
Click to select a row, or click and drag to select multiple rows. Drag
selected row(s) to move them to desired tab order.
To CREATE a break line, click at
The benefit of a style guide is that you don't waste time pondering
arbitrary usage choices.
If you know a phrase will confuse your audience, you override the
style guide, or (if you're required to follow it) propose an
exception.
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:12 PM, De Rosier, Edward
If Click and Drag will result in less questioning by the reading audience,
then that is the better choice.
Audience indeed comes first, but do also consider intent. Is it your
company's intent to teach computing 101?
If management refuses to allow such variations, then the job is probably
Ah, but what's the publish date? It'd be interesting to see if they
ignore their own style guidelines or if these examples predate their
v.4 MoS.
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Wei JIANG [PT-CN]
jia...@polytrans.com.cn wrote:
Out of the multilingual Microsoft corpus which covers all their
...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bill Swallow
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:20 PM
To: De Rosier, Edward
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Click-and-drag or just drag -- ?
If Click and Drag will result in less questioning by the reading
Alison Craig wrote:
I have to write to the lowest common denominator - meaning that within the
medical device community there are people who are barely computer literate,
all the way up to those who know way more than I do. I can never assume
and therefore would have to go with click and
from framers Digest, Vol 84, Issue 23
... was message: 4
> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:28:47 -0700
> From: Robert Lauriston
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: "Click-and-drag" or just "drag" -- ?
> Microsoft Manual of Style says drag.
Out of the multilingual Microsoft corpus which covers all their major
products, I do see quite a few instances of "click and drag". They are:
Click to select a row, or click and drag to select multiple rows. Drag
selected row(s) to move them to desired tab order.
To CREATE a break line, click
The benefit of a style guide is that you don't waste time pondering
arbitrary usage choices.
If you know a phrase will confuse your audience, you override the
style guide, or (if you're required to follow it) propose an
exception.
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:12 PM, De Rosier, Edward
wrote:
>
> If "Click and Drag" will result in less questioning by the reading audience,
> then that is the better choice.
Audience indeed comes first, but do also consider intent. Is it your
company's intent to teach computing 101?
> If "management" refuses to allow such variations, then the job is
Ah, but what's the publish date? It'd be interesting to see if they
ignore their own style guidelines or if these examples predate their
v.4 MoS.
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Wei JIANG [PT-CN]
wrote:
> Out of the multilingual Microsoft corpus which covers all their major
> products, I do see
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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bill Swallow
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:20 PM
To: De Rosier, Edward
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: "Click-and-drag" or just "drag&quo
Alison Craig wrote:
>I have to write to the lowest common denominator - meaning that within the
>medical device community there are people who are barely computer literate,
>all the way up to those who know way more than I do. I can never assume
>and therefore would have to go with "click
Microsoft Manual of Style says drag.
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