My guess would be no. One reference to a control I could find, from a
cursory glance thru the XP UI, was "click Customize" in the Regional
Settings Control Panel applet. That text is unbolded in the Vista version as
well. Many of Vista's dialogs are still layed out in the XP style so I doubt
there would be a change there. And I think the idea behind the task oriented
"Vista" style UI's like the new Control Panel would discourage phrases
refering to controls anyways. I think instead you would just have a
"Configure Settings" link somewhere off in the margins of the dialog.
In case you weren't aware, the (incomplete) Vista UX Guidelines are
available here :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?u...asp?frame=true
"phoy" <phoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> ello,
>
> My question is slightly outside the realm of this forum, but it's the
> closest.
>
> What is the correct usage and format when referring to a UI control label?
>
> Do I bold (or not) the name of the control in the UI string? For instance,
> say I have a control label called "Settings." In the UI text that
> describes
> the procedure that involves the control, do I write:
>
> "To configure your system, click <bold>Settings.</bold>"
>
> or
>
> "To configure your system, click Settings."
>
> In XP the UI procedure text that refers to the control is not bold. Is
> there
> a style for Vista? Again, keep in mind that I'm not asking about the
> control
> label style, but the UI procedure string that refers to the control.
>
> Thanks.