voron wrote:Where should I place the proper name, before or after the noun that it specifies? Or does it depend on the meaning?
It's English! Of course the answer is "It depends!"
voron wrote:The application will install the ASP.NET and IIS features / the features ASP.NET and IIS.
Depending on context, I might read the former as meaning "features associated with ASP.NET and IIS" as opposed to "the features named ASP.NET and IIS".
voron wrote:To abort the process, press the Cancel button / the button "Cancel".
I read the Harry Potter book / the book Harry Potter.
Note formatting. "The Harry Potter book" is a given book associated with Harry Potter, not necessarily a book of that title.
voron wrote:Also, can I omit the articles in the examples above?
Yes--and in fact this is more common.
"Richmond is a real scholar; Owen just learns languages because he can't bear not to know what other people are saying."--Margaret Lattimore on her two sons