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===== Text Content Guidelines ===== | ===== Text Content Guidelines ===== | ||
- | * Many wiki readers aren't fluent in English. | + | * Many wiki readers aren't fluent in English. |
- | * Avoid using specialized abbreviations that aren't standard across the technology industry or in common English. For example, anyone unfamiliar with Linux/Unix will not know that " | + | * Avoid using specialized abbreviations that aren't standard across the technology industry or in common English. For example, anyone unfamiliar with Linux/Unix will not know that " |
- | * Avoid non-standard abbreviations/ | + | * Avoid non-standard abbreviations/ |
* Avoid using the word " | * Avoid using the word " | ||
- | * Avoid using underlining. It's obsolete and inappropriate. | + | * Avoid using underlining. It's obsolete and inappropriate. Research shows it also makes things harder to read. |
* Please view other pages to see what text is capitalized and what is written in lower case (small letters). | * Please view other pages to see what text is capitalized and what is written in lower case (small letters). | ||
* Please use a spell checker. Firefox' | * Please use a spell checker. Firefox' | ||
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* Subheadings below that use the Heading3 format. | * Subheadings below that use the Heading3 format. | ||
* Indicate web interface menu paths like this: " | * Indicate web interface menu paths like this: " | ||
- | * Always use the standard Tomato theme when taking screenshots. \\ {{: | + | * Always use the standard Tomato theme when taking screenshots. |
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* Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate. Quotation marks are rarely appropriate, | * Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate. Quotation marks are rarely appropriate, | ||
* Avoid underlining. It was considered obsolete since the 1980s. | * Avoid underlining. It was considered obsolete since the 1980s. |