Title Bars: UI Text Guidelines
All program windows, dialog boxes, wizards, and message boxes have title bars.
Use title caps.
Do not use ending punctuation.
Do not use the words warning, caution, or error in a message-box title bar. Instead, use the program name.
Title bars in dialog boxes and wizards should reflect the command that opened them. For example, if you click New and then click User to open a dialog box, the title bar of that dialog box should be New User.
Write title bar text according to the type of window, as shown in the following table.
For this window Use this Example Dialog box
Name of related command or slight modification
Browse for Folder
Document window
Document title
Sample.doc
Message
Name of program or document that generated message
Microsoft Windows 2000
Palette window
Name of objects on palette
Color
Program window
Product (or component) name*
Microsoft Word
Property sheet
<feature or item name> Properties
Recycle Bin Properties
Toolbar
Toolbar name
Formatting
Web page
Page title - <Browser Name>
Web Directory - Microsoft Internet Explorer
Wizard
Full wizard name
Maintenance Wizard
* Microsoft products follow the product name with a hyphen and the name of the maximized document if only one document is visible.