Re: IBM Style Guide online?

Subject: Re: IBM Style Guide online?
From: Caroline Tabach <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:40:28 +0300

I have the PDF of this guide, if anyone requires it.
Regards
Caroline Tabach

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Peter Neilson<neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> wrote:
> Amazing! Every link I can find, even one in the German Wikipedia, goes
> the the same useless page. We all just took it for granted, I guess. I
> never used it, never more than skimmed it, but took it for granted
> regardless.
>
> One reference describes it as being descended directly from the Chicago
> Manual of Style. CMOS is always a good tool even if (like the folks at
> IBM) you differ with parts of it. Use CMOS as a foundation instead, I
> guess, tempered with Microsoft's style manual, and write your own.
>
> Caroline Tabach
Technical Writer
e-mail: caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com
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References:
IBM Style Guide online?: From: Mike McCallister
Re: IBM Style Guide online?: From: Peter Neilson

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