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Re: Using document conventions from the MS Manual of Style
Subject:Re: Using document conventions from the MS Manual of Style From:Suzanne Pyle <comline -at- STAR -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:09:17 -0500
Richard, when was the Sun book published? It would be great to get a style guide that is recent, i.e., 1997.
Suzanne
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From: Richard Mateosian [SMTP:srm -at- CYBERPASS -dot- NET]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 7:33 PM
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Subject: Re: Using document conventions from the MS Manual of Style
>I use three style books in this order of priority:
>1) A Style Guide for the Computer Industry by Sun Technical
> Publications
>2) Putting Words on Paper; A Bellcore Guide to Style
>3) Microsoft Manual of Style
I like the first one (also called Read Me First and published by
Prentice-Hall) because the accompanying CD has a reasonably coherent set of
FrameMaker templates. Unfortunately, the templates contain some serious
errors. ...RM
