RTM’d today: Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition - Microsoft Press - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

RTM’d today: Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition The Microsoft Manual of Style provides essential guidance to content creators, journalists, technical writers, editors, and everyone else who writes about computer technology. Direct from the Editorial Style Board at Microsoft—you get a comprehensive glossary of both general technology terms and those specific to Microsoft; clear, concise usage and style guidelines with helpful examples and alternatives; guidance on grammar, tone, and voice; and best practices for writing content for the web, optimizing for accessibility, and communicating to a worldwide audience. Fully updated and optimized for ease of use, the Microsoft Manual of Style is designed to help you communicate clearly, consistently, and accurately about technical topics—across a range of audiences and media. This book will be available for purchase soon. For now, here is a list of the contents as well as an excerpt from the book’s Introduction.