When you are using microsoft word or some program, it lists the shortcuts for certain functions. But many of those shortcuts have weird symbols. What do they mean? Like the one that looks like a backwords square root of an up arrow?
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ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: You may need to ask someone in person (at an OIT lab or a library reference desk). Sorry, I’m just having a hard time visualizing what you’re talking about. When you say “it lists,” do you mean in the toolbar, in the dropdown menus, or where?
There are icons that represent functions that are in the toolbars. In Word, these tell what they do when you mouse over them (you can probably turn this feature on and off when setting preferences). Many programs have some way of choosing between icons or words (often through “options” or “preferences,” or from a “view” menu). Web browsers, for instance, typically allow this. Also, in Word, when you click on a menu, in the dropdown you see the graphic icon to the left of the words.
These icons are made up by staff at the software company, buy I can’t attest to these persons’ graphic arts capabilities or if the companies do usability studies with the icons.