atw: Re: Terminology for wizards

Sorry not to have replied sooner, Janet - our Internet connection went down
soon after I posted.

OK, here goes. Currently the procedure starts like this (I'm omitting some
of the words) 

1. Boot from the CD. At the Welcome to Setup screen press [Enter]. 
2. At the Windows Licensing Agreement screen, press [F8]. 

(Actually, I think the author probably said 'hit Enter'. I always change
that as a kind of knee-jerk reaction!) 

Is that enough context to explain my question? 

Howard 

-----Original Message-----
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Janet Taylor
Sent: Thursday, 9 July 2009 3:29 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Terminology for wizards

Could you give us some context Howard? I don't usually use words such as
screen or dialog box on my Wizards (nor radio button or dropdown on my
descriptions of dialog boxes), so I'm wondering how it could be used.
 
Thanks

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Howard Silcock [mailto:howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxx]
        Sent: Thursday, 9 July 2009 3:00 PM
        To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        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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