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RE: Style Guide standards: APA or the Chicago Manual of Style?
Subject:RE: Style Guide standards: APA or the Chicago Manual of Style? From:"Bill Swallow" <wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:37:45 -0500
::: I didn't realize this would be such a big deal!
It shouldn't be a big deal. I've yet to meet someone who follows either
of these books to the letter. Usually you pick a pre-fab reference to
use asa a starting point and then wrap your company-specific conventions
around it. What usually happens is the APA/CMS is used only as an
if-all-else-fails point of order mechanism, where your coprorate style
guide stands as the common use guide for writing.
I personally use the CMS and the MS Manual of Style as a base upon which
I build a corporate guide. CMS is reserved for quieting English language
and phrasing debates, and the MSMoS is used for GUI terminology and
basic Windowsese. All else is settled by a local corporate style guide.
BILL SWALLOW
Information Design & Development Professional
tel/fax: 518.371.1867
wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com
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