diff --git a/doc/winstatic b/doc/winstatic
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f163cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/winstatic
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libui uses resources starting at 29000
diff --git a/windows/resources.hpp b/windows/resources.hpp
index 96bd5cf8..4ae54725 100644
--- a/windows/resources.hpp
+++ b/windows/resources.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // 30 may 2015
 
-#define rcTabPageDialog 100
-#define rcFontDialog 101
-#define rcColorDialog 102
+#define rcTabPageDialog 29000
+#define rcFontDialog 29001
+#define rcColorDialog 29002
+
+// TODO normalize these
 
 #define rcFontFamilyCombobox 1000
 #define rcFontStyleCombobox 1001
diff --git a/windows/resources.rc b/windows/resources.rc
index c465ee63..989dfc91 100644
--- a/windows/resources.rc
+++ b/windows/resources.rc
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #include "winapi.hpp"
 #include "resources.hpp"
 
-// TODO change and pin down IDs for static linking; document them
-
 // this is a UTF-8 file
 #pragma code_page(65001)