Microsoft® manual of style : your everyday guide to usage, terminology, and style for professional technical communications.
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Sebastopol, Calif. : Microsoft Press, 2012.
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4th ed.
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9780735669802, 0735669805, 9780735669796, 0735669791
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1 online resource (xxiv, 438 pages)
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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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(2012). Microsoft® manual of style: your everyday guide to usage, terminology, and style for professional technical communications (4th ed.). Microsoft Press.

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2012. Microsoft® Manual of Style: Your Everyday Guide to Usage, Terminology, and Style for Professional Technical Communications. Microsoft Press.

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Microsoft® Manual of Style: Your Everyday Guide to Usage, Terminology, and Style for Professional Technical Communications Microsoft Press, 2012.

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Microsoft® Manual of Style: Your Everyday Guide to Usage, Terminology, and Style for Professional Technical Communications 4th ed., Microsoft Press, 2012.

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5058 |a 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.
5058 |a 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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