RE: Microsoft style guide

Subject: RE: Microsoft style guide
From: "Jane Carnall" <jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:08:32 -0000

I asked:
>I want to know how Microsoft prefers a first reference to Microsoft Windows
to be styled (when referring to Microsoft Windows in the generic sense, not
to any specific version).<

and within 15 minutes I had six answers! Thanks to Radwa Darwish, Babu
Subash, Fiona O'Neil, Andreas Ternes, and Harry Thompson.

MicrosoftR WindowsR operating system

Jane Carnall
Technical Writer, Digital Bridges, Scotland
Unless stated otherwise, these opinions are mine, and mine alone. Apologies
for the long additional sig: it is added automatically and outwith my
control


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