Mnemonic

Provide a predefined mnemonic for each predefined textual choice in a menu.

Provide a mnemonic for each textual choice in a menu, unless you cannot find a meaningful unique mnemonic.

Make mnemonics unique among all choices in a menu.

Make mnemonics unique among all radio buttons and check boxes in a tab group.

Make mnemonics unique among all push buttons, group headings, and menu-bar items.

If a mnemonic is an alphabetic character, allow the user to press either the uppercase or lowercase character.

The character used as a label's mnemonic must appear in the label and be highlighted within it, generally by underlining it.

When the active cursor is in a menu and the user types the mnemonic of a choice within that menu, move the cursor to the choice and activate or toggle it.

When the user presses Alt plus a mnemonic associated with a menu-bar item, activate that menu-bar item and move focus to the menu pulled down from it.

When the user presses Alt plus a mnemonic associated with an option menu or menu cascade button, pull down the corresponding menu and move focus to it.