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style_guidelines [2023/04/21 09:12] – [Wiki Editing Rights] rs232style_guidelines [2023/04/22 20:48] – [Layout/Formatting Guidelines] - formatting hogwild
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-  * Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate.  +  * Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate. They are rarely appropriate, and should only be used when quoting someone/ something directly, or when slang/colloquialisms are used. 
-  * They are rarely appropriate, and should only be used when quoting someone/ something directly, or when slang/colloquialisms are used. +  * Avoid underlining. It'been considered obsolete since the 1980s. It makes text harder to read.
-  * Avoid underlining. It has been considered obsolete since the 1980s. It makes text harder to read.+
   * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. There is a section titled "<Menu name> Notes" at the bottom of most pages.   * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. There is a section titled "<Menu name> Notes" at the bottom of most pages.
   * Unless they are in a code window, command strings should be set in the ''monospace'' font, or in a callout box.   * Unless they are in a code window, command strings should be set in the ''monospace'' font, or in a callout box.
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   * Process/Module names should be italicized to set them off from the main text.    * Process/Module names should be italicized to set them off from the main text. 
   * Avoid using dividing lines. Better spacing, and other formatting methods work better.   * Avoid using dividing lines. Better spacing, and other formatting methods work better.
-  * Avoid excessive unnecessary blank lines.  These just needlessly increases page length. 
  
  
style_guidelines.txt · Last modified: 2023/07/16 18:10 by hogwild