RE: Double Quotation Marks to Single Quotation Marks - Relaxing t he Standard?

Subject: RE: Double Quotation Marks to Single Quotation Marks - Relaxing t he Standard?
From: "Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:01:44 -0500


> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechComm Dood
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:48 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Double Quotation Marks to Single Quotation Marks
> - Relaxing the Standard?
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but in technical documentation, when are quotes
> used? What are you quoting?
>
> I work in the software industry, and the only time we use quotes are
> when they are used in code samples, in which case the language syntax
> dictates the use, not the documentation style guide.

Example of quotation marks in technical documentation:

1. Use the pod arms to secure the Antenna Orientation (A.O.) unit.
2. Say, "HAL, please rotate Pod Number Two."

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