Re: Capitalize "Version"?

[Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>]

Nancy Allison wrote:
> "XYZ Corporation is pleased to announce the availability of its ScoobyPie
> Version 4.25."
>  
> This is the opening sentence of a release note I'm working on. I'd
> lower-case "version," and the Microsoft Manual of Style seems to agree.
> Would you? Is there any compelling reason to leave it uc?
>  

We discussed this and our house style is to capitalize
"version" if it is followed by a letter or number.

-- Janice

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