What’s the best style guide to use? I use Microsoft’s technical publications guide for my technical documents but have started to use The Chicago Manual of Style online.
It’s been a while since I visited the site and there has been some very nice features added. Like the site says: Welcome to The Chicago Manual of Style Online—the indispensable online reference for all who work with words. For professional writers, book-mark this!
My Manual
Using the features of My Manual, you can add Notes, Bookmark favorite paragraphs, and create Style Sheets to make The Chicago Manual of Style Online your personalized style guide.
Chicago Style Q&A
The Q&A content is fully searchable along with the content of The Chicago Manual of Style. Your queries will return results—clearly distinguishable—from both the Manual and the Chicago Style Q&A.
Contents
1 The Parts of a Published Work
2 Manuscript Preparation and Manuscript Editing
3 Proofs
4 Rights and PermissionsBY WILLIAM S. STRONG
5 Grammar and UsageBY BRYAN A. GARNER
6 Punctuation
7 Spelling, Distinctive Treatment of Words, and Compounds
8 Names and Terms
9 Numbers
10 Foreign Languages
11 Quotations and Dialogue
12 Illustrations and Captions
13 Tables
14 Mathematics in Type
15 Abbreviations
16 Documentation I: Basic Patterns
17 Documentation II: Specific Content
18 Indexes
Tools
It also provides convenient Tools, such as sample forms, letters, and style sheets.
Manuscript Preparation
The tools provided here are intended to help authors prepare manuscripts for submission. They will also be of use to writers, editors, and publishers at other organizations who are looking for models for procedure and content.
Books
The Books Division offers general guidelines for preparing electronic manuscripts as well as art submission requirements.
Journals
Many of Chicago’s journals provide statements of editorial policy and instructions for submission of manuscripts for Web-based peer review on their Web pages.
Electronic Manuscript Preparation
The Journals Division offers Instructions for Preparing Manuscript Files Using Microsoft Word or WordPerfect, as well as special instructions for the preparation of tables and math.
The Journals Division also offers online Guidelines for Submission of Artwork, including digital art.
Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
Students, researchers, writers: for help citing sources, visit the Quick Guide to see clear examples of how to use Chicago-style citation.
Visit: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
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