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Sentence case: The first letter of the first word is upper case, all other letters are lower case, unless the word is a proper noun.
Title case: The first letter of all words is upper case, except for secondary 2 letter words ("Go to Next Slide").

All widget names should be normal parts of sentences, e.g. "Cannot drag item from media manager to service manager."

Labels: All labels should be sentence case and end with a colon, unless the label is attached to check box or radio button: "Select theme file:"
Group Box Labels: Group box labels should be title case, without any trailing colons: "Display Options"
Menu Items: Menu items should be title case: "Go to Next Slide", "Save As"
Window/Dialog Titles: All window and dialog titles should be title case: "Open Service File"
Dialog Text: Dialog text must be full, proper sentences, with each sentence ending in a period.
Tooltips (hints): Tooltips should be sentence case, and end with a period: "Open an existing service file."
Combo Boxes: Data in combo boxes should be in title case: "New International Version"
Check Boxes: Check boxes should have sentence case labels.
Buttons: Buttons should have title case labels.