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If my webpage has sections (ex: internal clients, external clients, feedback), how should I be referring to those sections within a sentence?

The text would NOT be links (clickable).

  1. To view your mail, visit the "Internal clients" section.
  2. To view your mail, visit the internal clients section.
  3. To view your mail, visit the internal clients section.
  4. To view your mail, visit the Internal clients section.

Are any of the above sentences incorrect? Are there any that are more correct than others?

I read some similar answers and it appears using quotations is the correct answer, but I wanted to know if it was wrong or less correct to go with another solution.

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  • Is "Internal Clients" clickable?
    – BiscuitBoy
    Commented Jan 18, 2016 at 14:27
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    Since you can create hotlinks, presumably you would and so would thus say, "To view your mail, click here." When the page comes up with "Internal Clients" scrawled across the top, they'll know the name of the page. However, most people don't care what you decide to name a section of a web page. That is not need-to-know information.
    – Benjamin Harman
    Commented Jan 18, 2016 at 14:32
  • @BiscuitBoy sorry, no the link is not clickable as per the request of the client. I edited my question to clarify.
    – Othya
    Commented Jan 18, 2016 at 15:45
  • Is it called "Internal Clients" because that section is for the use of these people who are your internal clients? That's a strange wording, otherwise, and very confusing. And why is "Internal" capitalized, but "clients" is not?
    – Tim Ward
    Commented Jan 18, 2016 at 17:06
  • I think the bottom line is, your question is less about language and more about website design and clarity. :)
    – Tim Ward
    Commented Jan 18, 2016 at 17:07

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W3C has a clear guideline on this regard, assuming that "Internal Clients" calls the user to action. According to that, your sentence becomes

To view your mail, visit the Internal Clients section

where "Internal Clients" is written in title case and is hyper-linked to the section.

Update: Answer updated according to OP's context. A non clickable text would still be written in title case with noticeable font/style change to make it stand out.

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  • Sorry my fault for not clarifying; it would not be a link as per client requirements.
    – Othya
    Commented Jan 18, 2016 at 15:47
  • @Othya - Please see my updated answer. I have bold italicized the text using this site's formatting options. Of course, you can design the UI according to the wire-frames/mock-ups provided by your client.
    – BiscuitBoy
    Commented Jan 18, 2016 at 16:54
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  • Internal Clients, view mail here.
    1. Sign in to Internal Clients
    2. Click Mail
  • To view your mail, go to Clients > Internal Clients and click Mail.
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