Guidance/reminder sentences are included in other text boxes, so what Im
proposing has a precedent. For instance, in the GoTo dialog box, clicking in
the left-hand pane on Line (or Section or Footnote or Comment) will bring up
a sentence under the right-hand drop-down menu that reads, €śEnter + and €“ to
move relative to the current location. Example: +4 will move forward four
items.€ť
Thats helpful, and theres room available for it€”so its appropriate to
show it to the user. But suppose that those sentences hadnt been there, and
that I had come along and suggested that they be added: No doubt Id have
received the same responses as those in this thread: that I can bloody well
RTFM, or click on Help.
But if that sort of response is inappropriate in the case of the GoTo
box€”and it is€”then its doubly inappropriate in the case of the suggestion
Im making here, because the quirk that Im suggesting needs to be warned
about
:
1. Is not documented in the manual,
2. Requires only three words of help text (€śspaces not permitted€ť), and
3. Is a €śgotcha,€ť because the user expects spaces to be allowed in names,
since they are allowed in filenames. (This is why the remark below is
ludicrous.)
"Jezebel" wrote:
And perhaps a sign on every tree: "Do not drive into this tree"
"RogerKni" wrote in message
...
And there should be a diagnostic beep or message provided when the user
enters illegal characters. Otherwise, it's mysterious why the Add button
won't appear.
----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t