ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 11581-6 First edition 1999-02-01 Information technology User system interfaces and symbols lcon symbols and functions Part 6: Action icons Technologies de I'information - Interfaces pour systeme utilisateur et symboles - Symboles et fonctions d'icones - Partie 6: lcones d'action IEC Reference number ISO/IEC 11581-6:1999(E) IHS unde Not for Resale ISO/IEC 11581-6:1999(E) Contents 1 Scope 2 Conformance. 3 Normative referenc 4 Definitions. 2 5 Conceptual construction of action icons. 6 Action icon requirements and recommendations. 6.1 Requirements.. 6.2 Recommendations 7 Action icon specifications 7.1 General action icons... 7.2 Filing action icons. 7.3 Print action icons 7.4 Editing action icons.. 7.5 Command reversal action icons. 7.6 Text action icons... ?ISO/IEC1999 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. ISO/IEC Copyright Office · Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneve 20 · Switzerland Printed in Switzerland onal Organization for Standardization Not for Resa @ ISO/IEC ISO/IEC 11581-6:1999(E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of ISO or IEC respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. isO and IEC technical committees liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1. Draft International Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote. fechnology ISO/lEC 11581 consists of the following parts, under the general title Information technology - User system interfaces and symbols-lcon symbols and functions: Part 1:Icons—General Part 2: Object icons Part 3: Pointer icons Part 4: Control icons Part 5: Tool icons Part 6: Action icons ili