Style Guide Sum & Followup

[Dan Lupo <Dan_Lupo -at- CCMAIL -dot- US -dot- DELL -dot- COM>]

     Friends,

     Because about a dozen people asked me to summarize, here are the results of
     my request for information/sources/tips/war stories regarding style guides.

     RESULTS
        1.  One person sent me a guide he created, along with the MSWord
            templates he developed -- excellent stuff.  Many, many thanks!

        2.  Another answered my specific questions (preceded by >s) as follows:

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     >      Thanks for the tip and encouragement.  I have some questions:
     >
     >      1.  how did you come up the the list of ALL THE THINGS that one has
     >      to worry about in terms of style?
     Take a thorough look, and categorize, all existing and planned
     literature, signage, print material (letterheads, forms, etc).
     >
     >      2.  did you do separate style guides for online and hardcopy?
     I haven't had the opportunity to do an online style guide, but if I did,
     yes, absolutely two separate guides
     >
     >      3.  did you separate language/conventions from visual issues?
     Yes.
     >
     >      4.  any other pitfalls you can remember from your efforts?
     Without follow-up backed by senior management, and/or without automated
     styles, the effort will fail (unless it's a very small company with very
     little staff turnover -- in which case there's usually no money or need
     for a style guide).

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        3.  Another responder supplied this citations:

            Tarutz, Judith.  1992. Technical Editing.  Addison-Wesley.
            ISBN 0-201-56356-8.

        4.  One colleague suggested I check the web, specifically Comserv.

     Many thanks to all.

     NEW REQUEST
        Anybody know the urls or ftp sites of style guides on the web -- not
        html guides for web pages, but for in-house pubs?  For example, I found
        Apple's guide (ftp.info.apple.com) at
     http://www.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/lister-pl?Apple.Support.Area/Developer_Se
     rvices/Technical_Documentation/Publication_Guides/

        Thanks, again, for any help you can offer.


     Dan Lupo
     dan_lupo -at- dell -dot- com