Ah, but you've also brought up the topic of 'toggling' menu items. Programmers seem to like them since they display a bit of cleverness and variety. I hate them because I never know what to look for. Having a check mark come and go is a better approach.

InDesign is the worst in this regard. Check out the View menu and its submenus and you'll find that, for no apparent rhyme or reason, some items change from Show to Hide while others doing something very similar have check marks appearing and disappearing. Confusing.

If the menu text didn't change, it'd be more obvious that we could use the same keyboard command to turn a feature on or off.

--Michael W. Perry, editor of Across Asia on a Bicycle

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