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Subject:Any comments on these 2 books? From:Mary Shaw <MSHAW -at- MONEYNET -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 14 Apr 1997 11:57:02 -0400
Ajig Alcalde wrote:
>> Has anyone read the following two books?
>> Can you give me your opinions about them?
>> Lyn Dupre, "BUGS in Writing" Addison Wesley
>> Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Documentation.
I'm not familiar with "BUGS in Writing", but I do recommend the Microsoft
Manual Of Style. It's a good reference to use if you're not sure of which
terms to use to refer to certain hardware/software items (e.g., "What
should I use as the plural of 'mouse'?", "Does 'double-click' always need
the hyphen?", etc.
My company's goal is to conform as closely as possible to Microsoft
style standards, so that book is my bible.
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