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`Contents
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`Introduction
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`Whats New
`How to Use This Guide
`How to Apply the Guidelines
`Conventions Used in This Guide
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`PART
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`FUNDAMENTALS
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`USER INTERACTION
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`User-Centered
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`Design Principles
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`User in Control
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`Directness
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`Consistency
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`Forgiveness
`Feedback
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`Aesthetics
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`Simplicity
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`Design Methodology
`Balanced Design Team
`The Design Cycle
`Usability Assessment
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`in the Design Process
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`Understanding
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`Users
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`Design Tradeoffs
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`Contents
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`Chapter
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`Baslu Concepts
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`IF
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`Data-Centered
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`Design
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`Objects
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`Object Characteristics
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`Relationships
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`Composition
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`Persistence
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`Putting Theory into Practice
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`The Desktop
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`The Taskbar
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`The Start Button
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`Window Buttons
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`The Status Area
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`Icons
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`Windows
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`Mouse Input
`Mouse Pointers
`Mouse Actions
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`Keyboard Input
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`Text Keys
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`Access Keys
`Mode Keys
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`Shortcut Keys
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`Pen Input
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`Pen Pointers
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`Pen Gestures
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`Pen Recognition
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`Ink Input
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`Targeting
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`Contents
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`Navigation
`Mouse and Pen Navigation
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`Keyboard Navigation
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`Selection
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`Selection Feedback
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`Scope of Selection
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`Hierarchical Selection
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`Mouse Selection
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`Pen Selection
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`Keyboard Selection
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`Selection Shortcuts
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`Common Conventions
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`for Supporting
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`Operations
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`Operations
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`for Multiple Selection
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`Default Operations
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`and Shortcut Techniques
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`View Operations
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`Editing Operations
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`Editing Text
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`Handles
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`Transactions
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`Properties
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`Pen-Specific Editing Techniques
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`Transfer Operations
`Command Method
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`Direct Manipulation Method
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`Transfer Feedback
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`Specialized Transfer Commands
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`Shortcut Keys for Transfer Operations
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`Creation Operations
`Copy Command
`New Command
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`Insert Command
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`Using Controls
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`Using Templates
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`Operations
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`PART II WINDOWS INTERFACE
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`COMPONENTS
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`Common Types of Windows
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`Primary Window Components
`Window Frames
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`Title Bars
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`Title Bar Icons
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`Title Text
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`Title Bar Buttons
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`Basic Window Operations
`and Deactivating Windows
`Activating
`Opening and Closing Windows
`Moving Windows
`Resizing Windows
`Scrolling Windows
`Splitting Windows
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`Menus Controls
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`and Toolbars
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`Menus
`The Menu Bar and Drop-down Menus
`Cnmmon Drop-dnwn Menus
`Pop up Menus
`Pop up Menu Interaction
`Common Pop-up Menus
`Cascading Menus
`Menu Titles
`Menu Items
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`Controls
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`Buttons
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`List Boxes
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`Text Fields
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`Other General Controls
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`Pen-Specific Controls
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`Toolbars
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`and Status Bars
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`Interaction with Controls in Toolbars
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`and Status Bars
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`Support
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`Characteristics
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`Appearance and Behavior
`Window Placement
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`Modeless vs Modal
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`Default Buttons
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`Navigation
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`Validation
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`of Input
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`Property Sheets and Inspectors
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`Property Sheet
`Property Sheet Commands
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`Interface
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`Closing
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`Property Sheet
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`Property Inspectors
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`Properties of Multiple Selection
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`Properties of Heterogeneous Selection
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`Properties of Grouped Items
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`Dialog Boxes
`Dialog Box Commands
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`Layout
`Common Dialog Box Interfaces
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`Palette Windows
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`Message Boxes
`Title Bar Text
`Message Box Types
`Command Buttons
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`PART Ill DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
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`AND GUIDELINES
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`Single Document Window Interface
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`Interface
`Multiple Document
`Opening and Closing MDI Windows
`and Sizing \4D1 Windows
`Between MDI Child Windows
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`Moving
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`Switching
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`MDI Alternatives
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`Workspaces
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`Workbooks
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`Projects
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`Selecting Window Model
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`Presentation of Object
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`Display Layout
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`Data-Centered
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`Design
`Combination of Alternatives
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`The Registry
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`Registering Application
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`State Information
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`Registering Application
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`Path Information
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`Registering File Extensions
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`Supporting
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`Creation
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`Registering Icons
`Registering Commands
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`Enabling
`Printing
`Registering OLE
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`Registering Shell Extensions
`the Quick View Command
`Sound Events
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`Supporting
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`Registering
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`Installation
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`Copying Files
`Providing Access to Your Application
`Designing Your Installation
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`Installing
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`Fonts
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`Installing
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`Your Application
`Uninstalling Your Application
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`on Network
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`Supporting
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`AutoPlay
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`System Naming Conventions
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`Taskbar
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`Integration
`Taskbar Window Buttons
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`Status Notification
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`Message Notification
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`Application Desktop Toolbars
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`Full-Screen Display
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`Recycle Bin Integration
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`Control Panel
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`Integration
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`Adding Control Panel Objects
`Adding to the Passwords Object
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`Plug
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`and Play Support
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`System Settings and Notification
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`Modeless Interaction
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`The Interaction Model
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`Creating OLE Embedded and OLE Linked Objects
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`Transferring Objects
`Inserting New Objects
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`Displaying Objects
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`Selecting Objects
`Accessing Commands for Selected Objects
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`Activating Objects
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`Outside-in Activation
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`Inside-out Activation
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`Container Control of Activation
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`Contents
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`Menu Integration
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`Keyboard Interface Integration
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`and Palette Windows
`Toolbars Frame Adornments
`Opening OLE Embedded Objects
`Editing an OLE Linked Object
`Automatic and Manual Updating
`and Links
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`Operations
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`Types and Links
`Link Management
`Accessing Properties of OLE Objects
`The Properties Command
`The Links Command
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`Converting
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`Types
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`Using Handles
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`Undo Operations
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`for Active and Open Objects
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`Displaying Messages
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`Messages
`ObjectApplication
`OLE Linked Object Messages
`Status Line Messages
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`Contextual User Assistance
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`Context
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`Sensitive Help
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`Guidelines
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`for Writing Context-Sensitive
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`Help
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`Tooltips
`Status Bar Messages
`for Writing Status Bar Messages
`Guidelines
`The Help Command Button
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`Task-Oriented
`Help
`Task Topic Windows
`for Writing Task Help Topics
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`Guidelines
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`Contents
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`Reference Help
`The Reference
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`Help Window
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`Guidelines
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`for Writing Reference Help
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`The Help Topics Browser
`The Help Topics
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`Tabs
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`Wizards
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`Guidelines
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`Guidelines
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`for Designing Wizards
`for Wizard Pages
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`for Writing Text
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`Visual Communication
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`Composition and Organization
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`Color
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`Fonts
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`Dimensionality
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`Design of Visual Elements
`Basic Border Styles
`Window Border Style
`Button Border Styles
`Field Border Style
`Status Field Border Style
`Grouping Border Style
`Visual States tor Controls
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`Layout
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`Font and Size
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`Capitalization
`Grouping and Spacing
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`Alignment
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`Placement
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`Design of Graphic
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`Images
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`Icon Design
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`Pointer Design
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`Selection Appearance
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`Highlighting
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`Handles
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`Contents
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`Sound
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`Accessibility
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`Types of Disabilities
`Types of Accessibility Aids
`with Screen Review Utilities
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`Compatibility
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`The Users Point of Focus
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`Timing and Navigational
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`Interfaces
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`Color
`Keyboard and Mouse Interface
`and Support
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`Documentation
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`Packaging
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`Usability Testing
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`Internationalization
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`Text
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`Graphics
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`Keyboards
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`Character
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`Sets
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`Formats
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`Layout
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`References
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`to Unsupported Features
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`Network Computing
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`Leverage System Support
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`Client-Server Applications
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`Shared Data Files
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`Record Processing
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`Telephony
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`Microsoft Exchange
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`Coexisting with Other
`Adding Menu Items and Toolbar
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`Information
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`Services
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`Buttons
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`Supporting
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`Connections
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`Installing
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`Information
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`Services
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`PART IV APPENDIXES
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`Appendix
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`Mouse
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`Interface Summary
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`Interaction Guidelines
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`for Common
`Unmodified Mouse Actions
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`Interaction Guidelines
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`for Using the SHIFT Key
`to Modify Mouse Actions
`for Using the CTRL Key
`to Modify Mouse Actions
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`Interaction Guidelines
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`Appendix
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`Keyboard Interface Summary
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`Common Navigation
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`Common Shortcut Keys
`Windows Keys
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`Accessibility Keys
`Access Key Assignments
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`Appendix
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`Guidelines Summary
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`General Design
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`Design Process
`Input and Interaction
`Windows
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`Control Usage
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`Integration
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`User Assistance
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`Visual Design
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`Sound
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`Accessibility
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`International Users
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`Network Users
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`Contents
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`Microsoft Windows
`3.1
`Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
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`International Word Lists
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`Glossary
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`Bibliography
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`Index
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`Introduction
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`Welcome to The Windows
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`Interface Guidelines for Software Design
`
`to designing software that
`runs with the
`an indispensable guide
`Microsoft Windows0 operating system The design of your
`interface more than anything else affects how
`softwares
`
`user
`
`experiences
`
`your product This guide promotes good interface
`design
`within and across Windows-
`and visual and functional
`
`consistency
`
`based applications
`
`Whats New
`
`that
`
`is from an
`
`In re
`one
`and designers may need to rethink the interface
`the basic components and the respective operations
`their software
`and properties that apply to them This is important because from
`users perspective
`applications have become
`
`sponse developers
`
`of
`
`less the primary
`
`focus
`
`and more the engines
`the objects in the interface
`behind
`now interact with data without having
`on their
`allowing them to better
`
`concentrate
`
`tasks
`
`Users can
`
`to think about applications
`
`When adapting
`
`you consider
`
`your existing Windows
`the following
`
`important
`
`based
`
`software make certain
`
`design
`
`aspects
`
`Title bar text and icons
`
`Property sheets
`
`Transfer model
`
`including
`
`drag and drop
`
`the direction set by Microsoft OLE the enhancements in
`Continuing
`the Windows user interface provide
`from the
`design evolution
`basic and graphical
`to the more object oriented
`to more data centered
`
`application-centered
`
`interface
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`Pop-up menus
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`New controls
`
`Integration with the system
`
`Help interface
`
`OLE embedding and OLE linking
`
`Visual design of windows controls
`
`and icons
`
`Window management
`
`Presentation of minimized windows
`
`These elements
`
`are covered
`
`in depth throughout
`
`this guide
`
`How to Use This Guide
`
`for those who are designing and developing
`This guide is intended
`Windows
`based
`software It may also be appropriate for
`those inter
`better undertanding of the Windows environment and the
`of the
`interface principles it supports The content
`
`human-computer
`
`ested in
`
`guide
`
`covers
`
`the following
`
`areas
`
`Basic
`
`design principles and process
`fundamental
`design phi
`about human behavior design methodol
`losophy assumptions
`embodied in the interface
`ogy and concepts
`
`Interface elements
`
`components in the interface as well
`
`descriptive information
`as when and how to use them
`
`about
`
`the various
`
`information
`about
`Design details
`and style when using the elements
`
`tive design
`
`specific
`
`the details of effec
`
`of the interface
`
`Additional
`
`information
`
`tion
`
`bibliography
`
`summary and quick
`comprehensive word list
`
`reference informa
`
`in numerous lan
`
`guages
`
`to assist
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`in product
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`localization and
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`glossary
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`This guide focuses
`
`ou the design and elements
`
`of an applications
`
`user interface Although an occasional
`
`technical
`
`reference is
`
`included
`
`this guide
`
`does not generally cover detailed information
`
`Introduction
`
`about
`technical
`implementation
`faces APIs because
`
`mentation
`
`or application programming
`there are many different
`types of develupment
`software for Windows
`The docu
`tools that you can use to develop
`included with the Microsoft Win32 Software Develop
`ment Kit SDK is one source of information
`specific APIs
`about
`
`inter
`
`How to Apply the Guidelines
`
`This guide promotes visual and functional
`consistency
`across the Windows operating system Although following
`
`within and
`
`these
`
`guidelines is encouraged you are free to adopt
`best suit your software However by following
`their skills and experience
`enable users to transfer
`
`the guidelines that
`
`these guidelines
`
`you
`from one task to
`
`the next and to learn new tasks easily In addition
`breaks down the lines between traditional
`
`data-centered
`
`design
`
`evolution toward
`
`appli
`
`cation domains making inconsistencies
`
`in the interface more obvi
`
`ous and distracting
`
`to users
`
`to the design guidelines does not guarantee
`Conversely adhering
`usability The guidelines are valuable tools but they must be com
`bined with other factors
`as part of an effecti\
`software design pro
`as application of design principles task analysis
`
`cess such
`
`prototyping
`
`and usability
`
`evaluation
`
`In general avoid
`
`adding
`
`that you do so in the
`You may extend
`these guidelines
`provided
`spirit of the principles on which they are based and maintain
`rca
`with the visual and behavioral
`sonable level of consistency
`aspects of
`the Windows interface
`new elements
`or
`them More
`
`behaviors
`
`unless the interface does not otherwise support
`for common ele
`
`avoid
`
`an existing behavior
`changing
`importantly
`user builds up expectations
`Inconsistencies
`not only confuse
`
`ments
`
`face
`
`unnecessary
`
`complexity
`
`about
`
`the workings of an inter
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`the user
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`they also add
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`These guidelines supersede
`
`those issued for Windows
`
`version 3.1 and
`
`of applica
`to the development
`all previous releases arid are specific
`for Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows NTTM
`tions designed
`Workstation and Mic cosoft Windows NT Server
`relationship between these guidelines and those provided
`
`There is no direct
`
`for other
`
`operating systems
`
`For more information
`
`developing
`
`applications
`
`about special considerations
`concerning
`for both Windows 95 and Windows NT
`
`operating system see Appendix
`of Windows
`
`Supporting Specific Versions
`
`Conventions Used in This Guide
`
`The following
`
`conventions
`
`are used
`
`throughout
`
`this guide
`
`Convention
`
`Indicates
`
`rI
`LJ
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`SMALL
`
`CAPITAL
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`LETTERS
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`KEYKEY
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`Italic text
`
`Bold text
`
`reference
`
`tn related tnpics
`
`in this guide
`
`or other books
`
`that provide more
`
`information about
`
`the topic
`
`Additional
`
`or special
`
`information about
`
`the topic
`
`Names of keys on the keybnard
`example SHIFT CTRL or ALT
`
`fnr
`
`for which the user
`Key combinations
`must press and hold down one key and
`
`another
`then press
`CTRLP or ALTF4
`
`for example
`
`New terms and variable
`such as parameters
`
`expressions
`
`Win32 API keywords
`
`and registry
`
`key
`
`entries
`
`Registry text
`
`Examples of registry entries
`
`Optional
`
`information
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`CHAPTER
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`Menus Controls
`and Toolbars
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`Microsoft Windows provides
`number of interactive
`components
`that make it easy to provide interfaces
`to carry out commands and
`These components also provide
`specify values
`consistent structure
`and set of interface
`conventions
`This chapter describes the interac
`and how to use them
`
`of menus controls
`
`and toolbars
`
`tive elements
`
`Menus
`
`Menus list commands available to the user By making commands
`on
`visible menus
`leverage user recognition rather than depending
`of command names and syntax
`
`user recollection
`
`There are several
`types of menus including
`drop-down menus pop
`up menus and cascading menus The following
`these
`sections cover
`in more detail
`menus
`
`The Menu Bar and Drop-down Menus
`
`menu bar one of the most common forms of menu interface
`
`is
`
`special area displayed across the top of
`directly
`menu bar includes
`
`window
`
`title bar as shown in Figure 7.1
`tries called menu titles Each menu title provides access to
`drop
`down menu composed
`of menu items or choices
`of
`collection
`
`set of en
`
`below the
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`Figure
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`7.27
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`progress indicator
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`Because
`
`noninteractive
`
`information
`
`progress indicator only displays information
`it is typically
`to add static text or other
`However it may be usefnl
`to help communicate the purpose
`of the progress
`indicator If yon do include text place it ontside of the progress
`
`indicator control
`
`Use the control
`
`as
`
`feedback
`
`cesses as
`
`supplement
`
`to changing
`
`for long operations or background pro
`The control provides
`
`the pointer
`
`more visual
`
`feedback
`
`to the user about
`
`You can also use the control
`
`to reflect
`
`the progress of the process
`back
`
`the progression of
`
`For more
`
`information
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`about
`
`boxes
`see Chapter
`message
`Secondary Windows
`about
`
`information
`
`status
`
`bars see
`
`For more
`
`ground process
`
`activities
`
`leaving the pointers
`image to reflect
`When determining whether
`to use
`foreground
`indicator in message box or status bar consider how modal
`eration or process
`the progress indicator represents
`
`progress
`the op
`
`interactivity
`
`the section Toolbars
`
`and Status
`
`for
`
`Bars later
`
`in this chapter
`
`Tooltip Controls
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`tooltip is
`
`the basic functionality of
`tooltip control provdes
`tooltip
`small pop-up window that
`includes descriptive text dis
`played when the user moves
`as shown
`the pointer over
`Figure 7.28 The tooltip appears after
`matically removed when the user clicks
`pointer off the control
`
`control
`
`in
`
`short time-out
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`and is auto
`
`the control or moves
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`the
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`information
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`about
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`the use of tooltips
`ter 12 User Assistance
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`see Chap
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`For more
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`information
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`about
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`in toolbars see
`
`the use of tooltips
`the section Tool
`
`bars
`
`and Status Bars later
`
`in this
`
`chapter
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`Figure 718
`
`tooltip control
`
`The system displays
`pointer but automatically
`offscreen However
`
`tooltip control at the lower
`
`right of the
`
`adjusts the tooltip to avoid displaying it
`
`centered
`
`under
`
`the control
`
`be displayed
`for text boxes the tooltip should
`it identifies The control supports an op
`
`tion to support
`
`this behavior
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`in
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`selection
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`Its content
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`explanatory
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`CHAPTER
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`and
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`display of
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`require explicit user
`
`of contextual
`
`procedural
`But user assistance
`
`Online user assistance is an important part of
`prodncts design
`can be supported
`variety of ways from automatic
`to commands that
`information
`based
`on context
`can be composed
`information
`
`or tutorial
`reference
`be simple efficient
`in the interface This chapter
`obtain it without becoming lost
`to create common
`description of the system support
`provides
`online forms of user assistance support and guidelines for implemen
`tation For more information
`about authoring Help files
`see
`included in the Microsoft Win32 Software
`Development Kit SDK
`
`should
`
`always
`
`and relevant so that
`
`user can
`
`the documentation
`
`Contextual User Assistance
`
`contextual
`
`form of user assistance provides information
`
`particular object and its context
`It answers questions such
`use it This section covers
`is this and Why would
`basic ways
`to support contextual user assistance in your application
`
`some of the
`
`about
`as What
`
`Context-Sensitive Help
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`The Whats This command supports
`information
`including controls in
`about any object on the screen
`property sheets and dialog boxes This form of contextual user
`
`user obtaining contextual
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`As an option you can provide context-sensitive Help information
`file types by registering Whats This command for
`your supported
`the type as shown in Figure 12.5 This allows the user to choose
`the
`Whats This command from the file icons pop-up menu to get
`type When defining this
`information
`about
`an icon representing that
`include the type name and
`brief description of
`using the previously
`described
`
`for
`
`User Assistance
`
`Chapter
`
`12
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`For more
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`information
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`about
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`registering commands
`
`for file
`
`types
`
`and
`
`about
`
`type
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`names
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`see
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`Integrating
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`with
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`the
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`Chapter
`System
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`Help information
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`its function
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`guidelines
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`Help information
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`for an icon
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`Tooltips
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`Another form of contextual user assistance are tooltips Tooltips are
`control when the
`small pop-up windows that display the name of
`label The most common use of tooltips
`control has no text
`toolbar buttons that have graphic labels
`as shown in Figure 12.6 but
`they can be used
`for any control
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`until
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`the pointer or pointing device remains
`tooltip after
`short period of time The tooltip remains
`the button or moves off of the control
`the user presses
`another
`time-out
`If the user moves
`the pointer directly
`to another
`tooltip ignore the time-out and display the new
`control supporting
`tooltip immediately replacing the former one
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`over
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`provides support
`
`If you use the standard
`
`toolbar control
`
`the system automatically
`for tootips It also includes
`tooltip control
`that can
`If you create your own tooltip controls
`be used
`in other contexts
`make them consistent with the system-supplied
`controls
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`For more
`
`information
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`about
`
`toolbars
`
`see Chapter
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`and loolbars
`
`and tooltip controls
`Menus Controls
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`Status Bar Messages
`
`You can also use
`
`status
`
`However
`
`status bar
`
`elsewhere
`
`in the
`
`bar to provide contextual user assistance
`the users choice of displaying
`if you support
`avoid using it for displaying information
`or access to functions that
`to basic operation and not provided
`are essential
`interface
`In addition
`because
`the status bars location
`applications
`may not be near
`the user area of activity the user may not always
`notice
`As
`bar message
`result
`it is best to consider
`status
`bar messages as
`form of user asci stance
`
`status
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`secondary
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`or supplemental
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`information
`
`In addition to displaying state
`about
`the context of the
`in the window you can display descriptive messages about
`activity
`menu and toolbar buttons
`as shown
`in Figure 12.7 Like tooltips the
`window
`typically must be active to support
`these messages When
`the user moves
`the pointer over
`toolbar button or presses
`the mouse
`button on menu or button display
`short message
`the describing
`command
`use of the associated
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