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At 12:11 PM 7/6/99 -0400, Ann Howell wrote:
>A number of you seem to have experience writing corporate style guides. I
have
>just started a new job at a relatively new company which doesn't yet have a
>style guide. Although the documentation dept. is small at this point (4
people,
>including the manager), I'm thinking that creating a style guide at this
early
>stage would help ensure consistency down the road. We have a few manuals in
>progress and so far we've just been working off of a common template to
ensure
>that the format is consistent. Does anyone have any tips on where to start?
Start by adopting a standard reference for grammar questions (it doesn't
really matter which one you choose) and document only those guidelines that
apply to your company or industry.
--Wayne
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Wayne Douglass phone: 408-542-2139
Verity, Inc. FAX: 408-542-2040
894 Ross Road mailto:wayned -at- verity -dot- com
Sunnyvale, CA 94089 http://www.verity.com
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