Re: Style guides for software user manuals

Subject: Re: Style guides for software user manuals
From: Lee Hunter <leeghunter -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 07:30:02 -0500


On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:49:11 +0100, Patrick Wright <pdoubleya -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> I have been looking around for style guides for user's manuals for GUI
> software applications.

Microsoft - Apparently with the release of version 3 of their style
guide, Microsoft is no longer making any version available for
download. You can order the new version from Amazon.
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/6074.asp

Apple (link to PDF) -
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/APStyleGuide/AppleStyleGuide2003.pdf

IBM - http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/publish/1387
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Style guides for software user manuals: From: Patrick Wright

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