A dimmed command does not display on a short menu software#
In content for software developers about the user interface, When you click the right mouse button, a shortcut menu pops When you click the right mouse button, a shortcut menu Shortcut menu is all right to use, although in Needs to be emphasized as a feature of the product. Submenu unless the way that the menu works In content for a general audience, do not qualify the termĭrop-down, pull-down, pop-up, shortcut, or Select the text that you want to paste, and then click Cut or Copy. An example is a topic about the Edit menu. However, if the location of theĬommand is clear from the immediate context, you do not have to In general, mention the name of the menu the first time that There are several dimmed commands on the Edit menu.ĭisabled, first select the text that you want to paste, and then Unavailable, first select the text that you want to paste, and thenĪ disabled control is unavailable to the user. There are several unavailable commands on the Edit menu. It is all right to refer to unavailable commands as disabled. In general, refer to unavailable commands asĭescribing their appearance. When referring to a specific menu, use lowercase for the word Practice, here as elsewhere in the user interface, is to refer to To user interface elements by their technical names. In most content, you should not have to refer The following illustration shows elements of menus. To open a submenu, the user points to a command on the main menu, which causes the submenu to The user action of opening a menu, use click.
To describe user interaction with menus and menu commands, use Item, except in content for software developers about the Do not refer to a menu commandĪlso do not refer to a menu command as a menu Menus are usually displayed on a menu bar typically On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the arrow next to theĪ menu is a group of the main commands of a program arrangedīy category such as File, Edit, Format, View,Īnd Help. When writing procedures that involve the ribbon, use the following format: On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Font box down-arrow. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher. X tab, in the y group, click the z Dialog Box Launcher. To refer to the Dialog Box Launcher, use the following format: On the Table Tools, and then in the Data group, click Repeat Header Rows.
Layout tab, in the Data group, click Repeat Header Rows. To refer to tools, use the following format: Under x on the y You can add or remove commands from the QAT. You can add or remove commands from the Quick Access Toolbar You can add or remove commands from the Quick Access One of the ribbon’s benefits is its clear visual One of the benefits of using the ribbon is its clear visual The task at hand, such as when formatting a table or an Some tabs display in the ribbon only when they are relevant to The command that you want to add to the Quick Access Toolbar. On the ribbon, click the appropriate tab or group to display In the following example, pressing the number 1 saves a Word document. The user must press the Alt key to see the KeyTips and then press the indicated number or letter to run the associated command. Small keyboard tips that indicate what key to press to access program functionality. Users can add icons to this toolbar or removeĪ specific icon that is used within a group to Title bar, that provides shortcuts to commonly usedĬommands. A ScreenTip may include a link to a HelpĪ collection of icons, located on a program’s Toolbar fades away or disappears altogether.Ī ScreenTip is a small window that displaysĭescriptive text when a mouse pointer rests on a command orĬontrol. As the mouse pointer moves away from it, the Selects text, the formatting mini toolbar automaticallyĬloser to the mini toolbar, the toolbar becomes more For example, whenĪ user clicks an image in a document and then clicks theĪ set of controls that appears in context whenĪn object is selected. The following exampleĪ rectangular window or menu that presents anĪrray or grid of visual choices to a user. In theĪ rectangular region on a tab that contains a Represents a subset of the program’s functionality. The tools tab disappears when the user clicks away If you select or are working in a table, the Table Tools tab appears on the Select an image in a document, the Picture Tools tab appears on the They are listed and described in theįollowing table, using examples from Microsoft Word.Ĭontext-sensitive tabs that appear on the
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