Re: Tech writing for web apps - style guides?

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Lauriston
I use Microsoft MS4. It covers all that stuff. On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Amy Super asu...@confluence.com wrote: Hi all, My company is working on web-based applications. In the past, we’ve used the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications as our style guide for installed

RE: Tech writing for web apps - style guides?

2012-08-24 Thread Jack DeLand
] On Behalf Of Jack DeLand Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:11 AM To: 'Amy Super'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Tech writing for web apps - style guides? I've used the Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa511258

RE: Tech writing for web apps - style guides?

2012-08-23 Thread Jack DeLand
I've used the Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa511258.aspx. It is mainly for design principles, but it includes rules for documenting interface components. It's a downloadable PDF, and is almost 900 pages long. (!) Jack