RE: Identifying links without underlining them

["Eichelberger, Mark" <Mark -dot- Eichelberger -at- aftech -dot- fiserv -dot- com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Lyda Woods 

	
<<<What standards do others use for indicating
links in hard copy docs in lieu of underlining?>>>

Lyda

All hyperlinks are in blue.  Clicked hyperlinks are in purple.  We avoid all underlying and let the use of colored text indicate the existence of a hyperlink.  In addition, instead of using the phrase "click <hyperlink>" to prompt the user to click on the hyperlink, we incorporate the hyperlink into the sentence.  An example would be:

Refer to the <Operations Manual> for additional information on Share Draft processing.

...where the text Operations Manual is the hyperlink.  I believe these standards are from the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications.

Mark Eichelberger
Technical Writer
AFTECH
Mark -dot- Eichelberger -at- Aftech -dot- Fiserv -dot- com
610 993 8000 x534




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