User’s Guide vs Users’ Guide - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 33 The difference is in the number of users User's guide: A guide belonging to one user Users' guide: A guide belonging to all the users I'd be inclined to use the first sense rather than the second sense, since the "one" user is really an abstract representation of all the users anyway
Differences between tutorial, guide and how-to User guides are most commonly associated with electronic goods, computer hardware and software Most user guides contain both a written guide and the associated images In the case of computer applications, it is usual to include screenshots of the human-machine interface (s), and hardware manuals often include clear, simplified diagrams
Capitalization of User Interface Buttons - English Language Usage . . . As per the Manual of Style for Technical Publications (MSTP), which is strictly followed by all of Microsoft's manuals, software applications etc , title case uses uppercase for every word in the title except prepositions, conjunctions and articles
How to use allow to do something without mentioning a person? Our software XYZ allows the user to resize and modify PNG images I'm looking for a way to do it without specifying a person (or people) Our software XYZ allows to resize and modify PNG images Does the latter sound strange for a native English speaker? Which one is more idiomatic, to allow somebody to do something or to allow to do something?
Correct place of apostrophe: friends or friends [duplicate] A quick Google search (actually I use Duckduckgo but "a quick Duck or DDG search" would sound weird ) showed that "friend's" was a bit more common, whereas a Google user manual or tutorial used "friends' " and I (maybe biasly) assume them to use (more) correct grammar
nouns - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The corresponding user's manual says: "A vehicle safety certification label is attached to the rear shutface of the driver' s door" I am not a native speaker of English and hence my question - what is the rear shutface, exactly Is this a part of the door or the body of the car (i e the B pillar)
etymology - Is there a term for a button or feature that does not . . . 0 I was wondering if there was a one-word term for this I suppose a classic example might be the "Door Close" button on an elevator Essentially, a working feature that apparently does something, and the user can activate it but it will not actually play any meaningful role in the operation of the device