Thanks for the link. I had not found this in my search.
I like this style guide, and I like the description in the introduction:
<quote>
These guidelines are developed and maintained by a committee of technical
editors from each IBM7 Division around the world who ensure that the
guidelines
address a global audience that uses a wide range of IBM products.
</quote>
That seems to fit well with what we are doing here.
Lou Iorio
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Janet M. Swisher wrote:
Lou Iorio wrote:
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
My IBM style guide (1996) calls for sentence-style caps; no doubt my
10 years as a technical editor with IBM Australia influenced my
preference for that style.
This seems like a pretty obscure style guide. Can one buy this book?
I can't find it.
The sixth edition (November 2004) of "IBM Style" is available online:
http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/publish/1387/$File/IBM_Style.pdf
It calls for sentence-style headings "in most cases". The exception it
gives is updating established documentation that has always had
headline-style.
