Re: Acronyms After an Executive Summary

Subject: Re: Acronyms After an Executive Summary
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:56:32 -0800

Depending on the size of your document, and the time constraints you are working under, you might look at creating a glossary of acronyms and either attach it as part of the front matter or as an appendix. The Feds (especially the military) are notorious for making complete paragraphs out of acronyms, so the glossary was as helpful to the proposal writing staff as much as it was to the proposal reviewers. This way you could spell it out on first occurrence, add it to the glossary and use the acronym thereafter.

Westbrook,Beth wrote:

When an acronym is spelled out in an executive summary, should it also be
spelled out on first mention in the actual body of the document?



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Acronyms After an Executive Summary: From: Westbrook,Beth

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