Documenting the User Interface

Microsoft Word is a program that provides for a high degee of user interface
customisation. It allows for various controls to be shuffled around, by the
user. Simple examples include teh ability to assign keystrokes - pretty much
without limit. The interface then makes clear what keystroke is assigned to
what menu item, and also provides a list of all the available commands
including user-defined macros, which may be part of the document (Remeber
the Melissa virus?) and whether there are keyboard shortcuts defined for
them.

This is not a new feature - I am describing things I used in 1997 to write an
HTML authoring tool within word.

Charles McCN

--Charles McCathieNevile            mailto:charles@w3.org
phone: +1 617 258 0992   http://www.w3.org/People/Charles
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Received on Wednesday, 27 October 1999 14:50:39 UTC