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Geoff Bradbury wrote:
>Now I'd like to _see_ a sample style guide. Do you have access to such a
beast? >Could you either e-mail me a copy, or point me in the right
direction?
Here are some details on good style guides and how to get copies:
DOCUMENTATION STYLE GUIDES
Apple Publications Style Guide. (Cupertino, CA: Apple Computer, February
1994).
(Available from Apple Products Developer's Association at (US)
1-800-282-2732/ (Can) 1-800-637-0029 and on the Web at
www.info.apple.com/dev/developerservices.html, under the Publication Guides
directory. 380K compressed and binhexed.)
Digital Style Guide, by Susan I. Schultz, Jennifer J. Darrow, Frank X.
Kavanagh and Marjorie J. Morse. (Burlington, MA: Digital Press, 1993). ISBN
1-55558-104-8. (Reviewed by Durthy A. Washington in STC's Journal, Vol. 42,
No. 1.).
Digital Technical Documentation Handbook (previously known as "The Digital
Guide to Creating User Information", by Susan I. Schultz, Jennifer J.
Darrow, Frank X. Kavanagh and Marjorie J. Morse. (Burlington, MA: Digital
Press, 1993). ISBN 1-55558-103-X.
(Order both of the above from Digital Press through: Butterworth Heinemann,
Order Department, 225 Wildwood Avenue, Woburn, MA 01801. Phone:
1-800-366-2665 or (617)928-2500, Fax: 1-800-446-6520 or (617)933-6333,
e-mail: orders -at- bh -dot- com -dot- )
Microsoft Publications Style Guide. Version 1.0. (Redmond, WA: Microsoft
Corp, 1991).
OSF/Motif Style Guide. Version 1.0. (Open Software Foundation, Prentice-Hall
Inc.)
ISBN 0-13-640491-X.
Xerox Publishing Standards: A Manual of Style and Design. Xerox Corporation.
(Watson-Guptill Publications, 1988). ISBN 0-8230-5964-2.
Greg
Gregory Keith
Documentation Specialist
Delrina Canada
gkeith -at- delrina -dot- com
"In the beginning was the word. But by the time the second word was added to
it, there was trouble. For with it came syntax..." John Simon
