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Subject:Re: Windows Documentation Style Guide From:Gregory Keith <GKeith -at- DELRINA -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 18 Dec 1995 11:06:00 PST
Philip Sharman wrote:
>A while back this list mentioned that Microsoft was planning to publish a
>style guide for documenting Windows applications. Does anybody know if it
>is out yet? If so, what is the title?
Microsoft Manual of Style: Technical Publications Style Guide. (Redmond, WA:
MS Press, EXPECTED November 1995). 288 pages, $24.95 US. Includes one
3.5inch disk. Available direct from MS Press, 1-800-MSPRESS. ISBN
1-55615-939-0.
I've also listed some other available style guides below my sig, if you're
interested.
Greg
Gregory Keith
Technical Writer
The Delrina Group
Symantec Corporation
gkeith -at- delrina -dot- com
Seen on a VW Beetle's license plate in Silicon Valley: "FEATURE"
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DOCUMENTATION STYLE GUIDES
Apple Publications Style Guide. (Cupertino, CA: Apple Computer, February
1994).
(Available from Apple Products Developer's Association at (US)
1-800-282-2732/ (Can) 1-800-637-0029 and on the Web at
www.info.apple.com/dev/developerservices.html, under the Publication Guides
directory. 380K compressed and binhexed.)
Digital Style Guide, by Susan I. Schultz, Jennifer J. Darrow, Frank X.
Kavanagh and Marjorie J. Morse. (Burlington, MA: Digital Press, 1993). ISBN
1-55558-104-8. (Reviewed by Durthy A. Washington in STC's Journal, Vol. 42,
No. 1.).
Digital Technical Documentation Handbook (previously known as "The Digital
Guide to Creating User Information", by Susan I. Schultz, Jennifer J.
Darrow, Frank X. Kavanagh and Marjorie J. Morse. (Burlington, MA: Digital
Press, 1993). ISBN 1-55558-103-X.
(Order both of the above from Digital Press through: Butterworth Heinemann,
Order Department, 225 Wildwood Avenue, Woburn, MA 01801. Phone:
1-800-366-2665 or (617)928-2500, Fax: 1-800-446-6520 or (617)933-6333,
e-mail: orders -at- bh -dot- com -dot- Or access them via gopher at gopher.std.com, then
take option 7 for book sellers and option 4 for the whole BH list.)
Microsoft Manual of Style: Technical Publications Style Guide. (Redmond, WA:
MS Press, EXPECTED November 1995). 288 pages, $24.95 US. Includes one
3.5inch disk. Available direct from MS Press, 1-800-MSPRESS. ISBN
1-55615-939-0.
OSF/Motif Style Guide. Version 1.0. (Open Software Foundation, Prentice-Hall
Inc.)
ISBN 0-13-640491-X.
Xerox Publishing Standards: A Manual of Style and Design. Xerox Corporation.
(Watson-Guptill Publications, 1988). ISBN 0-8230-5964-2.
