Hello,

In  a web application, we have a horizontal area of the screen displaying various metrics. e.g. (scrubbed)

Temperature     Humidity     Wind Direction  Wind Speed  Barometer
        74                    53%                 SW                         10 MPH        29.86

It's not a toolbar or ribbon b/c it's display-only. Accordingly, is there a more concise name than "screen area"?  I suppose I could say "section", but I'm not thrilled with that word. :)

Thanks,
Steve

Hello,

What is the proper terminology for a horizontal area at the top of a screen that contains not only menu choices, but also other options (e.g. change password, configure screen layout, etc.) I can't truly call it a menu, so what works? Panel? Bar? Something else?

Unfortunately, I cannot provide a screenshot b/c the software's proprietary.

Thanks,
Steve

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Hi there,

I am curious to know if there is a process to help map all DIACAP controls to RMF ? Or if there is already a mapping that was done for this already.

Please let me know your suggestions or experience. Any bit helps

-Michelle

For years, I was taught, I saw and I wrote that the area in the lower right corner of the Windows UI was the System Tray or Systray.
I just looked at the Microsoft Manual of Style 4th Ed and it's now called the Notification area.  
Where can I file formal complaint?  This is a stupid change.

Ugggh.

Hi,

I need to include a screenshot of a table that's displayed in a web app. This table contains (e.g.) one row for each day YTD, so, currently, it would be over 100 rows. I don't want to include all rows in screenshot, maybe just the first ten.

Is there a standard "indicator" to show the reader that the screenshot is truncated that non-technical people will understand?  Thanks.

HI,
In a document, I'm showing the reader how to navigate to a particular screen "Add Users". Per existing style, (which I've inherited), I need to write something like:

User Portal --> Internal Users --> Add Users

But, I'd like to prefix this sequence with a single word. Would I say "Path"? "Navigation"? Something  else? e.g.

Path: User Portal --> Internal Users --> Add Users
Navigation: User Portal --> Internal Users --> Add Users

Thanks!

Can someone point me to guidelines to be used for people who suffer from color blindness.
Colors and/or shades and/or shapes to avoid.

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I had this question after viewing Writing numbers of 1000 or more with decimals in technical documentation.

Hi again,

My API document (for a query), contains certain conventions I'm informally following:
- Numbers in a floating point calculation are written with a decimal place. (e.g. 100.0).
- Variable/object names in bold.

Accordingly, I plan to add a list of conventions. The question is, where to put it. This doc structure is as follows.
Query 1.
   Table of Input Data
   Table of Output Data
   Table of Error Message Formats
Query 2.
   Table of Input Data
   Table of Output Data
   Table of Error Message Formats
etc.
etc.

My gut feeling is to list the conventions one time, at the top of the document; however, in a large doc, if you're on page 35, do you really want to return to page 1 to remind yourself of the conventions? Maybe have a reminder at the beginning of each query or even each table?

Thanks.