atw: Re: Terminology for wizards

How about 'page'?

 

Regards

 

Kath

 

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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard Silcock
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Subject: atw: Terminology for wizards

 

This post isn't directed at Harry Potter's mates. It's about documenting a
Windows procedure that uses what Microsoft calls a 'wizard', in which you
are taken through a series of displays, at each of which you enter
information, then click a Next button to go to the next one. I'm reviewing
some documentation in which the successive displays are referred to as
'screens'. I may be picky, but I really don't like to use 'screen' except to
refer to the piece of hardware in your monitor. I don't think 'window'
sounds quite right, though, in this case - and nor does 'dialog box'. Has
anyone else had to document this kind of stuff?

 

Howard

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