Re: When to Spell Out Acronyms

[Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>]

   David Castro wrote:

     The standard for the government documents I write (for the Navy) is to
     spell out the acronym the first time it appears, no matter how common
     the acronym (or abbreviation) is. PC? Spell it out. DoD? Spell it out.
     We also include a table at the end with all of the acronyms in the
     document included, in case someone comes into the document after the
     acronym has been spelled out, and needs to know what it stands for.

   If you place the table at the beginning of the document, then wouldn't that
   satisfy the criteria of spelling it out the first time it appears?  If so,
   that would save you the time rearranging when your former first instance it
   not longer the first instance because of revisions....phew...need a cup of
   coffee after that last sentence.
   Al

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