M

M, M byte, and Mbyte, M, M byte, Mbyte

Mac and Macintosh guidelines, Key names, Key names, Key names, Mac, Macintosh

machine, computer, machine

machine language, machine language, native language

machine translation, Content for a worldwide audience, International considerations, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, International considerations

abbreviations, International considerations

acronyms, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations

error messages, International considerations

Machine-translation syntax, Global English syntax, Machine translation syntax, Machine translation syntax

Macro Assembler, Macro Assembler

macros, formatting, Document conventions

Maggio, Rosalie, Do not use stereotypes of people with disabilities

mail, email

main document, main document

makefile, makefile

malicious code, malicious code

malicious software, malicious code

malicious user, malicious user

malware, antivirus, malicious code

management information systems, management information systems

manipulate, manipulate

manual, manual

manuals, cross-references to, Structure and style of cross-references

marginal cross-references, Marginal cross-references–Notes, Marginal cross-references, Notes

marginal notes, layout of, Marginal notes

marketing materials, terminology in, Technical terms

markup language elements, formatting, Document conventions

marquee, marquee

masculine terms, avoiding, Do not use racial, cultural, sexual, and other stereotypes

master/slave, master/slave–MB, MB

master/subordinate, master/slave

mathematical, mathematical

mathematical constants and variables, formatting, Document conventions

matrix and matrices, matrix, matrices

maximize, maximize

Maximize button, Maximize button

may, can vs. may, should vs. must

vs. can, can vs. may

MB, M, M byte, Mbyte, MB

McConnell, Steve, Additional resources for writing code

measured service, Cloud terminology, measured service

measurements, Numerals vs. words, Measurements and units of measure–Measurements and units of measure, Measurements and units of measure, Measurements and units of measure, Abbreviations of measurements, International considerations–Process for adopting new acronyms or abbreviations, Process for adopting new acronyms or abbreviations

abbreviations, table of, International considerations–Process for adopting new acronyms or abbreviations, Process for adopting new acronyms or abbreviations

numerals for, Numerals vs. words, Measurements and units of measure

media, medium, media–memory models, memory models

media ratings in global content, Legal issues with worldwide content

medium, medium, media–memory models, memory models

meg, meg

megabit, megabit

megabits per second, megabits per second

megabyte, MB

megahertz, megahertz–Microsoft, MHz, Microsoft

member function, member function

members, formatting, Document conventions

memory, megahertz, RAM, ROM

memory models, memory models

memory-resident, memory-resident

menu bar, action bar

menu buttons, Toolbar Terminology

menu item, command, menu item

menus, Ribbon terminology, Menus–Toolbars, Menus, Menus, Menus, Menu terminology–Kinds of menus, Menu terminology, Menu terminology, Menu terminology, Kinds of menus, Kinds of menus, Kinds of menus, Kinds of menus, Style of menu names and commands, Style of menu names and commands, Toolbars, Capitalization, Dialog box options, Dialog box options, cascading menu, context menu, drop-down

bold formatting, Style of menu names and commands

capitalization guidelines, Style of menu names and commands, Capitalization

cascading, cascading menu

checked commands, Menu terminology

commands on, Ribbon terminology, Menu terminology

drop-down, drop-down

kinds of, Kinds of menus

right angle bracket (>) format, Dialog box options

shortcut, Kinds of menus, context menu

terminology for, Menu terminology–Kinds of menus, Kinds of menus

unavailable commands, Menu terminology

user interaction with, Menus, Menus, Dialog box options

message, alert, email

message box, message box

messages, Messages, Messages–Other user interface elements, Errors–Confirmations, Errors, Errors, International considerations, Warnings, Confirmations, Confirmations, Notifications, Other user interface elements, message (email), status bar

confirmations, Confirmations

email, message (email)

error, Errors–Confirmations, Errors, International considerations, Confirmations

formatting, Messages

notifications, Notifications

status bar, status bar

warnings, Warnings

metadata, Tags, metadata

metafile, metafile

metaphors, understandability of, Anthropomorphism

methods, formatting, Document conventions

MHz, megahertz, MHz

mice, How to refer to the mouse, mice

micro-, micro-

microblogs, Make the right content choices

microprocessor, micro-

Microsoft, Contractions, Microsoft in product and service names–How to punctuate lists, Microsoft in product and service names, How to punctuate lists, Possessive nouns, Microsoft

contractions and, Contractions

in product and service names, Microsoft in product and service names–How to punctuate lists, Microsoft in product and service names, How to punctuate lists

possessive form, Possessive nouns

Microsoft Accessibility Standard (MAS) requirements, Accessibility guidelines and requirements

Microsoft Accessibility website, Accessibility guidelines and requirements

Microsoft Answers, Make the right content choices

Microsoft Cloud Services, software-plus-services

Microsoft Corporate Accessibility Policy, Accessibility guidelines and requirements–Accessible webpages, Accessible webpages

Microsoft games, achievements, achievement

Microsoft Glossary Portal, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations

Microsoft International Style Guides, Additional globalization resources

Microsoft Malware Encyclopedia, Security

Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, console

Microsoft Office 2010, Backstage view–How to refer to Backstage view, Backstage view, How to refer to Backstage view, How to refer to Backstage view

Backstage view, Backstage view–How to refer to Backstage view, How to refer to Backstage view, How to refer to Backstage view

File tab, Backstage view

Microsoft Office button, Backstage view

Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, Ribbons, Backstage view

Backstage view, Backstage view

Microsoft Press, Press (Microsoft Press)

Microsoft recommends, should vs. must

Microsoft Software License Terms, activate, End-User License Agreement, Microsoft Software License Terms

Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server

Microsoft style, Principles of Microsoft style–Bias-free communication, Sentence structure and grammatical choices–Parallelism in sentences, Sentence structure and grammatical choices, Punctuation, Punctuation, Contractions, Colloquialisms and idioms, Colloquialisms and idioms, Bias-free communication, Do not use racial, cultural, sexual, and other stereotypes, Parallelism, Parallelism in sentences, Parallelism in sentences

colloquialisms, Colloquialisms and idioms

contractions, Contractions

idioms, Colloquialisms and idioms

principles of, Principles of Microsoft style–Bias-free communication, Punctuation, Bias-free communication

punctuation, Punctuation

sentence structure, Sentence structure and grammatical choices–Parallelism in sentences, Sentence structure and grammatical choices, Do not use racial, cultural, sexual, and other stereotypes, Parallelism, Parallelism in sentences, Parallelism in sentences

Microsoft Visual Keyboard, on-screen keyboard

Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware, Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware, Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware

Microsoft Word Equation Editor, Fractions as words and decimals

midnight, A.M., P.M., midnight

might, can vs. may

mini toolbars, Ribbons

minimize, minimize

Minimize button, Minimize button

minus sign (-), Names of special characters, En dash, minus sign (–)

Minus Sign character, Special character names

MIP mapping, MIP mapping

MIS, management information systems

misplaced modifiers, Dangling and misplaced modifiers–Dangling and misplaced modifiers, Dangling and misplaced modifiers

mission critical and mission-critical, mission critical, mission-critical

mobile device, mobile device

mobile phone, cellular, mobile device

modifier stacks, avoiding, Global English syntax

modifiers, Dangling and misplaced modifiers–Dangling and misplaced modifiers, Dangling and misplaced modifiers, Hyphens, hyphenation–En dash, En dash

hyphenating, Hyphens, hyphenation–En dash, En dash

misplaced, Dangling and misplaced modifiers–Dangling and misplaced modifiers, Dangling and misplaced modifiers

monitor, monitor

monospace, monospace

monospace fonts, Document conventions in procedures, Code formatting and naming guidelines

months, style for, Time and place

mood, Sentence structure and grammatical choices, Sentence structure and grammatical choices, Mood–Plural nouns, Indicative mood, Imperative mood, International considerations, Subjunctive mood–Plural nouns, Subjunctive mood, Plural nouns, Plural nouns

imperative mood, Sentence structure and grammatical choices, Imperative mood

indicative mood, Sentence structure and grammatical choices, Indicative mood

international considerations, International considerations

subjunctive mood, Subjunctive mood–Plural nouns, Plural nouns

more than, more than vs. over, over

mouse actions, Which verbs to use to refer to mouse actions, Mouse procedures

referring to, Mouse procedures

verbs for, Which verbs to use to refer to mouse actions

mouse button, left mouse button

mouse buttons, Mouse terminology

mouse devices, How to refer to the mouse

mouse over, mouse over

mouse pointers, referring to, Mouse terminology–Which verbs to use to refer to mouse actions, How to refer to mouse pointers, Which verbs to use to refer to mouse actions

mouse procedures, documenting, How to document mouse procedures

mouse terminology, Mouse terminology, How to refer to mouse pointers, Which verbs to use to refer to mouse actions, right mouse button

movable, movable

movement keys, movement keys

MPEG, MPEG

MS-DOS, Hyphens, hyphenation, DOS, MS-DOS

MS-DOS prompt, MS-DOS prompt

MS-DOS-based program, MS-DOS

MSDN, If you only do six things

Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines, If you only do six things

MSDN Library, Additional resources for writing code, Additional resources for writing code, Additional resources for writing code

Design guidelines, Additional resources for writing code

Program structure and code conventions (Visual Basic) section, Additional resources for writing code

Visual Studio languages section, Additional resources for writing code

multi-, multi-

multicolumn lists, Lists, Unnumbered single-column and multicolumn lists

multiple selection, adjacent selection, multiple selection, nonadjacent selection

multiplication sign (×), Measurements and units of measure, Names of special characters, multiplication sign (x)

multitasking, multi-

multithreaded, multithreaded

must, should vs. must–simply, simply, simply