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Molly M. Theodossy wrote:
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>I don't know if this is referenced in any style guides, but I can tell you
>the reason this is a no-no is because it makes the title less readable. One
>of the ways people recognize words is by their shape. When you put
>something in all caps, the word becomes a big square and is less
>recognizable, especially to skim readers.
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>At 04:17 PM 1/27/99 -0500, Roberta Boyle (LMC) wrote:
>>I am a very new technical writer and I have a question. We are having a
>>discussion about writing titles all in uppercase. I understood that this is
>>a no-no.
Yet another reason: Sometimes you're dealing with a word that's
case-specific. Putting the word in all caps suddenly makes your
documentation innacurate.
