U

U.K., U.K.

U.S., U.S.

un-, un-

unauthorized user, malicious user

unavailable, Toolbar Terminology, dimmed, unavailable

UNC, UNC

uncheck, unmark, and unselect, uncheck, unmark, unselect

undelete, undelete

under, less vs. fewer vs. under–line, line

underline, underline, underscore

underscore (_), Captions, underline, underscore

undo, un-

unfold buttons, Other user interface elements

uninstall, remove, uninstall

United States, U.S.

United States resources, references to, Names and contact information

United States standards, globalization and, Examples and scenarios

units of measurement, Measurements and units of measure–Measurements and units of measure, Measurements and units of measure, Measurements and units of measure, Abbreviations of measurements, Table of abbreviations of measurements

abbreviations of, Abbreviations of measurements, Table of abbreviations of measurements

Universal Naming Convention, UNC

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), Plug and Play

unload, load

unnamed buttons, referring to, Unnamed buttons

unnumbered lists, International considerations–Tables, Term lists, Tables

unprintable, unprintable

unregister, unregister

unwanted software, deceptive software, unwanted software

Up Arrow key, Key names

update, Out-of-band release terminology, critical update, update

update identifiers, referring to, Version identifiers

update rollup, Out-of-band release terminology, service pack, update rollup

upgrade, upgrade

UPnP (Universal Plug and Play), Plug and Play, UPnP

upper left and upper right, upper left, upper right

uppercase and lowercase, uppercase

upsize, scale up, upsize

upward, upward

URLs, URLs, addresses–URLs, addresses, URLs, addresses, URLs, addresses

usable, usable

use, power cord–print, printout, press, print, printout

use terms, use terms

use-case scenarios in global content, Examples and scenarios

Usenet, Usenet

user, end user, end-user

user actions, referring to, set vs. specify

user expectations, consistent syntax and, Consistency

user input, formatting, Document conventions in procedures, Document conventions

user interface, Contractions, Anthropomorphism, Accessible writing, The user interface, Windows user interface–Windows Phone user interface, Windows Phone user interface, Windows Phone user interface–Keyboard, Windows Phone user interface, Start screen and Tiles, App list, Keyboard, Keyboard, User interface elements, User interface terminology, User interface syntax–Ribbons, Ribbons–Menus, Ribbons, Ribbons, Menus–Toolbars, Menus, Toolbars–Webpage controls, dialog boxes, and property sheets, Toolbars, Toolbars, Style of toolbar names and buttons, Webpage controls, dialog boxes, and property sheets, Webpage controls, Dialog boxes, Property sheets–How to refer to Backstage view, Backstage view–How to refer to Backstage view, How to refer to Backstage view, How to refer to Backstage view, How to refer to Backstage view, Control Panel–Errors, Messages, Errors, Errors, Warnings, Confirmations, Other user interface elements, Other user interface elements, Other user interface elements, Speech, Key names–Content for multiple platforms, Special character names, Content for multiple platforms, Content for multiple platforms, Content for multiple platforms, User interface text–Capitalization, User interface text, High-level UI text checklist, High-level UI text checklist, User interface formatting, User interface formatting, User interface formatting–Bold formatting, Capitalization, Capitalization, Bold formatting, Bold formatting, Bold formatting, Document conventions in procedures, Title and heading style and conventions

anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphism

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

capitalization, User interface formatting, Capitalization, Document conventions in procedures, Title and heading style and conventions

contractions, Contractions

Control Panel, Control Panel–Errors, Errors

controls, Other user interface elements, Other user interface elements

dialog boxes, Dialog boxes

elements, User interface elements, Ribbons, User interface formatting, Bold formatting

for multiple platforms, Content for multiple platforms

formatting, User interface formatting–Bold formatting, Bold formatting, Bold formatting

Help content, linking to, User interface text

interaction with, modes of, Accessible writing, Other user interface elements

key names, Key names–Content for multiple platforms, Content for multiple platforms

menus, Menus–Toolbars, Toolbars

messages, Messages, Errors, Warnings, Confirmations

on different devices, Content for multiple platforms

property sheets, Property sheets–How to refer to Backstage view, How to refer to Backstage view

ribbons, Ribbons–Menus, Menus

special character names, Special character names

syntax, User interface syntax–Ribbons, Ribbons

terminology, User interface terminology

text, User interface text–Capitalization, High-level UI text checklist, Capitalization

toolbars, Toolbars–Webpage controls, dialog boxes, and property sheets, Toolbars, Style of toolbar names and buttons, Webpage controls, dialog boxes, and property sheets

types of, The user interface

UI text checklist, High-level UI text checklist

voice commands, Speech

webpage controls, Webpage controls

Windows, Windows user interface–Windows Phone user interface, Windows Phone user interface, Windows Phone user interface

Windows Phone, Windows Phone user interface–Keyboard, Start screen and Tiles, App list, Keyboard, Keyboard

user location, globalization and localization for, Web, software, and HTML issues

user name, user name–VGA, VGA

user rights, access privileges, user rights

user session, ending, quit

users, Attitude, Sentence structure and grammatical choices, Content for the web, Text for the web–Organize your text, Make text scannable, Organize your text

communicating with, Content for the web

focusing discussion on, Sentence structure and grammatical choices

inspiring, Attitude

text scanning by, Text for the web–Organize your text, Make text scannable, Organize your text

users with disabilities, accessible content, Accessible content–Acceptable terminology, Accessible webpages, Accessible writing, Acceptable terminology

using, using vs. by using

utilities, Document conventions, accessory

utility, utility

utilize, utilize