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Re: creating a department style guide

Subject: Re: creating a department style guide
From: Jean Weber <jean -at- wrevenge -dot- com -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:55:28 +1000

Nancy Mignone asked what she should put into a departmental style guide, and in what form to present it.

Nancy, this brief summary might help you get started:
http://www.wrevenge.com.au/edcourse/guides.htm

If your department creates online help, you might also be interested in my book (see sig), which includes an appendix on developing specifications for help projects; much of this material might go into a style guide.

Could it be a template with defined styles and formatting with verbiage under each style defining what it should be used for?

A template might be part of your style guide (or more likely a separate item associated with a style guide), but unless your department produces only one sort of document, one template would not be enough. Most issues will cross the boundaries between templates, but some issues might be specific to one type of document.

Regards, Jean
Jean Hollis Weber
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creating a department style guide: From: Nancy Mignone

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