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Subject:Re: Citing Regulations in Documents From:Paula Puffer <papuffer -at- SWBELL -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 23 Feb 1998 12:40:10 -0600
Hillary
I'm writing the operators' manuals for the tactical vehicles produced by the
company we are contracted to. When we refer to another source or manual, the
source number is called out and put in parens, but otherwise no other
formatting is done to the source.
It ends up looking something like this:
1. Change widget (1) (TM X-XXXX-XXX-20).
Hope this helps
Paula
papuffer -at- swbell -dot- net
-----Original Message-----
From: Hillary M. Russak <hrussak -at- SLAC -dot- STANFORD -dot- EDU>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Monday, February 23, 1998 11:58 AM
Subject: Citing Regulations in Documents
>Hullo Wizards,
>
>My fellow technical writers/editors (in the Environment, Safety, and Health
>Division at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) were discussing what style
>to use in citing reference and regulatory documents. Some of our ES&H
>manual chapters italicize the titles and some don't.
>
>My thought was that italicizing is a good idea since it gives the reader a
>clear message about the actual title of the referenced document.
>
>What say ye? Do you recommend a source on this?
>-hillary
>---------------------------
>Hillary M. Russak
>Technical Writer
>Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
>(650) 926-3193
>Pager (650)849-9483
>hrussak -at- slac -dot- stanford -dot- edu
>
>
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