Formatting

Abbreviations, initialisms, & acronyms
- 01 Using abbreviations and acronyms
- 02 Abbreviation, initialism, acronym, or symbol?
- 03 Shortened words
- 04 Shortened names and titles
- 05 Defining acronyms and abbreviations
- 06 Formatting acronyms and abbreviations
- 07 Using symbols as abbreviations
- 08 Common abbreviations
- 09 Definite article and acronyms
- 10 Indefinite article and acronyms
- 11 Spelling out acronyms
- 12 Possessive of acronyms
- 13 Plural of acronyms
- 14 Acronyms in headings
- Standard abbreviations
Art, captions, & callouts
- 01 Cite the source
- 02 Appearance and placement of art
- 03 Placement of captions and call-outs
- 04 Referencing untitled art
Bibliographies and citations
- 01 Citing sources of information
- 02 Terminology
- 03 Citation methods
- 04 Citing by author-date
- 05 Reference the whole and then cite the specific
- 06 Citing titles and document details in text
- 07 Files cited as a data source
- 08 Citing acts, ordinances, bills, and regulations
- 09 Citing case law
- 10 Formatting documentary notes
- 11 Formatting references
- 12 Italic or quotation marks?
- 13 Undated and anonymous works
- 14 Referencing company reports and unpublished reports
- 15 Referencing books, printed articles, and conference papers
- 16 Referencing electronic documents
Capitalization
- 01 Capitalization guidelines
- 02 Title-style rules
- 03 Titles and headings
- 04 Capitalization in lists
- 05 Cross-references
- 06 Technical terms and jargon
- 07 Minerals and geological terms
- 08 Place names
- 09 UI elements
- 10 Capitalization following a punctuation mark
Company names
- 01 Referring to companies
- 02 Person and number of company names
- 03 Possessive of company names
Computer program elements
- 01 Formatting UI elements
- 02 Formatting code, macros, and scripts
Coordinates
- 01 Axis and units
- 02 Datum and projection
- 03 Order of coordinates
- 04 Elevations and RLs
- 05 Negative coordinates
- 06 Grouping digits
- 07 Geographic coordinates
- 08 Coordinates examples
Copyright notice
- 01 Need for copyright notice
- 02 Determining the copyright date
- 03 Format of copyright notice
- 04 Placement of copyright notice
Credits and permissions
- 01 Attribute the original work
- 02 Format of credit line
- 03 Placement of credit line
Cross-references
- 01 Cross-references
- 02 Syntax of cross-references
- 03 Formatting cross-references
- 04 Cross-references to art
- 05 Cross-references in online documentation
Defined terms
- 01 Defined terms
- 02 Code- and rules-defined terms
- 03 How to define a term
Equations
- 01 Complex equations
- 02 Simple equations
- 03 Mathematical symbols
File names, extensions, and URLs
- 01 Quoting data files and electronic documents
- 02 Syntax of file names and network addresses
- 03 Formatting folder names and drive names
- 04 File name extensions
- 05 Literals and placeholders
- 06 Punctuation after a file name or internet address
Footnotes
- 01 Using footnotes
- 02 Footnotes, endnotes, or bibliography?
- 03 Numbering footnotes
- 04 Footnote identifiers
- 05 Referencing footnotes
- 06 Table notes
Job titles
- 01 Job titles and positions
- 02 Professional qualifications
Lists
- 01 Using lists
- 02 List style
- 03 Punctuating lists
- 04 Bulleted lists
- 05 Numbered lists
- 06 Labelled lists
- 07 Unnumbered lists
- 08 Term lists and glossaries
- 09 Nested lists
- 10 Vertical sentence
Measurements
- 01 Use numerals for all measurements
- 02 Symbols
- 03 Spelling out units of measure
- 04 Ranges
- 05 Hyphenating number and unit
- 06 Dimensions
Money and currencies
- 01 Rates of cost and revenue
- 02 Exchange rates
- 03 Currency abbreviations
- 04 Numerals vs words
- 05 Amount, sum, or quantity?
- 06 Consistency within a category
- 07 Thousands, millions, and billions
- 08 Rounding currency
Numbers
- 01 Numerals vs words
- 02 Rule of categories
- 03 At the beginning of a sentence
- 04 Measurements
- 05 Negative numbers
- 06 Aligning numbers in tables
- 07 Singular vs plural
- 08 Fractions as words and decimals
- 09 Compound numbers
- 10 Adjectival compounds
- 10 Ranges
- 11 Commas and spaces in numbers
- 12 Ordinal numbers
- 13 Numbered sections
- 14 Numbers from examples
Ornamentation
- 01 Ornamentation guidelines
- 02 Ornamenting general text
- 03 Ornamenting text in user guides (IT)
Post-nominals
- 01 Using post-nominals
- 02 Order
- 03 Punctuation
- 04 Formatting
- 05 Long form
- 06 Degrees and diplomas
- 07 Absorption
- 08 Professional memberships and accreditations
Quotations
- 01 Formatting quotations
- 02 Punctuating quotations
- 03 Carrier expressions
- 04 Attribute to the source
- 05 Block quotation
- 06 Long quotations
- 07 Errors
- 08 Editor’s notes and implied words
- 09 Omitted words and letters
Special characters
- Special characters
Symbols
- 01 Using symbols
- 02 Punctuating symbols
- 03 Plurals of symbols
- 04 SI symbols
- 05 SI units
- 06 SI prefixes
- 07 SI operators
- 08 Non-standard units
- 09 Imperial units
Tables
- 01 Using tables
- 02 Capitalization and punctuation
- 03 Content
- 04 Column headings
- 05 Formatting
- 06 Numbering tables
- 07 Pagination
- 08 Table notes
- 09 Long tables
- 10 Wide tables
- 11 Examples
Telephone numbers
- Telephone numbers
Terms of government
- Terms of government
Time
- 01 Time periods, general
- 02 Measurement and rates of time
- 03 Dates
- 04 Time measurement
- 05 Time, precision
- 06 Clock time, general
- 07 Clock time, 24-hour
- 08 Time stamp
- 09 Time record with seconds
- 10 Frequency and the prefix bi-
- 11 Eras, centuries, and decades