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Subject:Style guides? From:"Lisa C. Boyd" <lisab -at- lisaboyd -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:22:30 -0500
Being new to technical writing and wanting to do things right from the
start, what style guides do you recommend? Recent discussions on the
list have tested me in what I thought were the right ways to write
terms. So what are the "must haves" in style guides?
Thanks and Merry Christmas,
Lisa B.
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