Re: A tech editor seeks advice on which style guide to adopt

Subject: Re: A tech editor seeks advice on which style guide to adopt
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: praneeta p <praneeta_paradkar -at- yahoo -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:27:30 -0700

Is the MS guide still free? Last time I looked for it, I found only the MS
Press book, no free download.

On Sep 23, 2009 7:56 AM, "praneeta p" <praneeta_paradkar -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

Hi All,

Recently, in one of our doc team meetings, my manager asked me to come to a
formal decision on which style guide we should adopt as the bible for our
team. And as it goes with managers, I have to justify my decision.

So far, the writers have been using MSTP (Microsoft Style for Technical
Publications) for two reasons:

1. It is easily available.
2. and free.

I rather like Sun's Read Me First. The rationale appeals to me. The
recommendations in their sound like recommendations and are less dictatorial
than the MSTP.

I would like to know which style guide would be best for web-based
applications?

Is MSTP really only for Windows-based apps or can it be adopted for
web-based apps too?

Which style guide (Sun's or MSTP) is likely to be adopted easily by the
writers? That is not to say that I will take the path of least resistance if
one or the other wins in merit versus ease of adoption.

Kindly advise.

Best always,

Praneeta Paradkar




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