RE: Tools of the trade - which are best?

[Christi Carew <ccarew -at- rangestar -dot- com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fawn Houck [mailto:zoe_44 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> Subject: Tools of the trade - which are best?

> So, I would appreciate it if some of you could tell me
> what sits on your reference shelf, and what type of
> work you use each reference for (i.e., online
> documentation, style, grammar, hard copy
> documentation, web development, or whatever else you
> might be writing).

Style Guides
 - Read Me First A Style Guide for the Computer Industry -- Sun Technical
Publications
 - MS Manual of Style for Technical Publications
 - The AP Style Guide is on my "to buy" list (for press releases mainly)

I prefer the Sun guide to MS, but I'm sure that's my (irrational?) dislike
of MS.


Grammar
 - The Chicago Manual of Style
 - The New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage
 - Editing for Writers (by Rew)

I think the NY Publick book is very similar to Chicago, and I find the NY
book much easier to read and find things in. It's what my first mentor used.


Other
 - a good dictionary
 - a good thesaurus
 - How to Boss Your Fonts Around (by Williams) if you want to learn more
about fonts
 - The Non-designer's Scan and Print book (by Williams) if you will be doing
any scanning

Christi Carew
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