Larry Prado

Writing, designing, consulting. Paper and online documentation.

Online Style Guide

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Using a style guide helps you create consistent, professional documentation. This online style guide provides you with one place to find the wrting style rules - and see an example of how to use it. To see an active PDF version of the style guide, go to http://www.stcrmc.org/Samples_and_Templates/LPStyleGuide.htm and click on one of the links (Main Menu, Index, Abbreviations, etc.) on the page. An online style guide replaces the books and informal style guides you may have already. You do your writing on a computer - shouldn't your style guide be there too? A single style guide may not be appropriate or complete for every company. You can customize and modify this style guide in the way you see fit to best serve your company's needs. Put the online style guide on your company's intranet and let all corporate authors have access to the same information. You protect your company's valuable investment in its professional image by creating clear, consistent documentation. You protect your company's trademarked names and logos through consistent use and appearance. Your documentation users will no longer be confused because of inconsistent terminology, style, and use. You reduce document development time and cost because your documentation is created accurately and consistently - the first time. This style guide is done - no need for you to spend hundreds of hours to develop your own. And, you can customize it precisely to fit your needs and update it as frequently as necessary - it's online. Once you change it, everyone has access to the information immediately and eliminates the need for printing and distribution. Add your own Web standards, graphics and logo descriptions, or business-specific terms, uses, and abbreviations. Link the style guide to templates you use in your company and open them in their native application (FrameMaker, Word, etc.). Add lists of your company's trademarked names, logos, products, etc. Change, delete, or add any rules or examples you desire. The online style guide is available in Adobe FrameMaker or Acrobat formats. I also provide customization services to save you the time of customizing the style guide yourself. Contact me at lprado@ecentral.com for additional information. Customers: Netscout Group Health, Inc. (GHI) Adaptec, Inc. Silicon Wave, Inc. Integra LifeSciences Corporation Computer Network Technology, Inc. ESPS, Inc. MacGregor Group, Inc. Onside Kick, Inc. Smart Communications Society for Experimental Mechanics Titan Technology Partners

Contact information: Larry Prado E-mail: lprado@ecentral.com