Precisely Petra (Liverani). It is all a part of the Microsloth CUA (Common User Access) standards that Microsloth has been trying to enforce on everyone else for years but often fails to follow itself. (How many variations do you see on what should be the OK and Cancel buttons!). Cheers, Michael Granat Write Ideas At 09:43 2/12/2003 +1100, you wrote: >The ellipsis indicates that clicking the item will take you to a dialog box. >No ellipsis indicates clicking the button will actually perform the >function. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************