RE: Acronym Question

["Donald H White" <dwhite -at- jrtcllc -dot- com>]

The rule I use is to exclude the parenthetical explanation from headings or
titles. If at all possible, I use the full term in a heading or title;
sometimes, that term is either too long or the acronym is so very well known
that I break the "rule."

On another level, I wonder why "Housing Analysis" or "housing analysis" must
become a two-letter abbreviation. (Since the abbreviation, "HA," can be
pronounced, I guess it meets the definition of "acronym," too.) But, that's
just me...

Cheers,

Donald H. White
Senior Technical Communicator
James River Technical Communications
www.jrtcllc.com

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Heather Anderson [mailto:Heather -dot- Anderson -at- cubrc -dot- org]
|Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:03 PM
|To: techwr-l List
|Subject: Acronym Question
|
|
|
|Hoping to get a group answer on this.
|
|Acronyms in Titles -
|
|Ie, such as "Housing Analysis (HA)"
|
|I have often defined the acronym upon first use in the
|document or section, but where I have worked, they have not
|used them in the titles.
|
|Do people define the acronym in the title and then again in
|the body?  I have seen it both ways, but I am not sure which
|is correct.
|
|Thanks :)
|
|~ Heather


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Use Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word, or HTML and 
produce desktop, Web, or print deliverables. Just write (or import) 
and Doc-To-Help does the rest. Free trial: http://www.doctohelp.com

Explore CAREER options and paths related to Technical Writing,
learn to create SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS documents, and
get tips on FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION best practices. Free at:
http://www.ModernAnalyst.com

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. 

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat