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" Microsoft® manual of style : "
Microsoft Corporation. Editorial Style Board.
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783423
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b603436
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Microsoft Corporation. Editorial Style Board.
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Microsoft® manual of style : : your everyday guide to usage, terminology, and style for professional technical communications.\ Microsoft Corporation. Editorial Style Board.
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4th ed
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Sebastopol, Calif.: Microsoft Press, 2012
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(xxiv, 438 pages)
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0735669791
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: 0735669805
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: 9780735669796
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: 9780735669802
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Cover; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction to the Fourth Edition; What's inside; How to use this manual; Other references; Acknowledgments; Contact the Microsoft Editorial Board; Errata & book support; We want to hear from you; Stay in touch; Part 1: General Topics; Chapter 1:Microsoft style and voice; Principles of Microsoft style; Bias-free communication; Anthropomorphism; Parallelism; Chapter 2:Content for the web; Make the right content choices; Text for the web; Video content for the web; Blogs; Community-provided content; Evaluate your content. Help users find your contentInternational considerations for web content; Accessibility considerations for web content; Legal considerations for web content; Chapter 3:Content for a worldwide audience; Global English syntax; Machine translation syntax; Terminology and word choice; Technical terms; Jargon; Latin and other non-English words; Global art; Examples and scenarios; International currency; Time and place; Names and contact information; Fonts; Web, software, and HTML issues; Legal issues with worldwide content; Additional globalization resources; Chapter 4:Accessible content. Accessibility guidelines and requirementsAccessible webpages; Accessible writing; Accessible graphics and design; Acceptable terminology; Chapter 5:The user interface; Windows user interface; Windows Phone user interface; User interface elements; Ribbons, menus, and toolbars; Webpage controls, dialog boxes, and property sheets; Backstage view; Control Panel; Messages; Other user interface elements; Modes of interaction; Mouse terminology; Key names; Content for multiple platforms; User interface text; User interface formatting; Chapter 6:Procedures and technical content; Procedures. Document conventionsCloud computing style; Reference documentation; Code examples; Security; Command syntax; File names and extensions; Version identifiers; Out-of-band release terminology; Protocols; XML tag, element, and attribute formatting; HTML tag, element, and attribute formatting; Readme files and release notes; Chapter 7:Practical issues of style; Capitalization; Titles and headings; Microsoft in product and service names; Lists; Tables; Cross-references; Notes and tips; Numbers; Dates; Phone numbers; Time zones; Measurements and units of measure; URLs, addresses. Names of special charactersArt, captions, and callouts; Bibliographies and citations; Page layout; Chapter 8:Grammar; Verbs and verb forms; Agreement; Voice; Mood; Nouns; Words ending in -ing; Prepositions; Prefixes; Dangling and misplaced modifiers; Chapter 9:Punctuation; Periods; Commas; Apostrophes; Colons; Semicolons; Quotation marks; Parentheses; Hyphens, hyphenation; Dashes; Ellipses; Slash mark; Formatting punctuation; Chapter 10:Indexes and keywords; Indexes; Keywords and online index entries; Chapter 11:Acronyms and other abbreviations; How to use acronyms and other abbreviations.
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Maximize the impact and precision of your message! Now in its fourth edition, the Microsoft Manual of Style provides essential guidance to content creators, journalists, technical writers, editors, and everyone else who writes about computer technology. Direct from the Editorial Style Board at Microsoft--you get a comprehensive glossary of both general technology terms and those specific to Microsoft; clear, concise usage and style guidelines with helpful examples and alternatives; guidance on grammar, tone, and voice; and best practices for writing content for the web, optimizing for accessibi.
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COMPUTERS -- Documentation Technical Writing.
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Microsoft Corporation.
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Technical writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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T11.M537 2012
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