Dialog box syntax

These terms are most commonly used to describe user actions in dialog boxes:

• Click: Use for commands, command buttons, option buttons, and options in a list, gallery, or palette.

• Select and clear: Use for check boxes.

• Type or select: Use to refer to an item (as in a combo box) that the user can either type or select in the accompanying text box. You can use enter instead if there is no possibility of confusion.

Brochures are a great way to reach out to a large number of audiences. Avoiding few mistakes while designing brochures can make your marketing strategy work.

Don’t over crowd the brochure
Don’t use different fonts
Don’t miss out on headings in the brochure
Don’t leave empty space
Don’t use rainbow colors in the brochure
Don’t compromise on the quality of images and quality of printing
Don’t forget to proofread
Don’t be discrete

Contranym

An auto-antonym (sometimes spelled autantonym), or contranym (originally spelled contronym), is a word with a homograph (a word of the same spelling) that is also an antonym (a word with the opposite meaning) – Wikipedia

Example

bound (bound for Chicago, moving)

bound (tied up, unable to move)

Quiz

Give 3 examples of contranyms

Answers

cleave (to cut apart)

cleave (to seal together)

buckle (buckle your pants — to hold together)

buckle (knees buckled — to collapse, fall apart)

citation (award for good behavior)

citation (penalty for bad behavior)

System Properties property sheet – In most content, treat elements in dialog boxes and property sheets the same way. In general, avoid using dialog box or property sheet as a descriptor. If you cannot avoid a descriptor, use dialog box for both property sheets and dialog boxes unless your project style sheet provides different guidance. The distinction may be important for software developers and information technology professionals, but do not distinguish in content for home users or information workers.

Documenting the User Interface:

Dialog Boxes and Property Sheets – In some hardware products, buttons, switches, and so on are called controls because they give the user control over various actions.

For example, Users use joystick controls to move around the screen, especially in action games. This usage is all right as long as the meaning is clear.