Re: Capitalize "Version"?

Subject: Re: Capitalize "Version"?
From: Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:12:34 -0700 (PDT)

Unless "Version" is part of the product title as determined by the
legal and marketing departments, I'd make it lowercase, or better yet,
leave it off, in the style of software naming.

"I'm using ScoobyPie 4.25 to format those documents."


--- Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> 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?


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References:
Capitalize "Version"?: From: Nancy Allison

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