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The style I see most often in technical writing is that UI labels, like the names of menus, are bold: From the File menu, choose Save. Click the Submit button. Variable text is usually i...
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2019-12-08T05:39:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
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The style I see most often in technical writing is that UI labels, like the names of menus, are bold: > From the **File** menu, choose **Save**. > > Click the **Submit** button. Variable text is usually italic, but this comes up more for command-line interfaces than GUIs: > git checkout -b _branch-name_ In writing about a GUI you're more likely to _describe_ what's needed, which doesn't require styling: > In the **Path** field, type the name of the top-level directory for the new project. The Microsoft Style Guide calls for bold for GUI labels and italics for variables, as I've used them here.
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2017-01-29T23:00:26Z (almost 8 years ago)
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