(Apologies if this is a duplicated message, but I received a "bounce" message on the last attempt.) Alex asks: > Is there a correct terminolgy for within the help topics (excluding > hyperlinks to a new window) - screen or window? If you follow the guidelines supplied by Microsoft and other authorities on GUI terminology for technical documents and interface design, you will not use "screen" for a window or a dialog or the contents thereof. The "screen" is a hardware component, not the GUI object. From your description, it sounds as if the content of a window is changing, and you are looking for a way to refer to the contents at a given stage in a procedure. I'd suggest referring just to the contents rather than focussing on the container. For example, write "To display (or edit) contact info" or some similar construction that identifies what the information is *for* rather than what it is "in". The latter is, usually, of trivial importance. Think of the concept of *real* versus artificial tasks that is described in _Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors_ by Gretchen Hargis (Editor) and others. Expending time and page space describing the appearance of things the user can already see is seldom giving good value. What am I doing right now? As a user of Outlook, my real task at the moment is not "to display the message creation window" -- rather, it is "to compose a message." It is possible to write a perfectly clear and concise set of instructions for doing that without even mentioning the window or dialog that I need to do it in. -- Mike West Melbourne ************************************************** 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.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************