Re: em dashes, en dashes, and hyphens in help / intranet / internet documentation

Subject: Re: em dashes, en dashes, and hyphens in help / intranet / internet documentation
From: arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:18:35 -0500

Do you use the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications? This topic appears on pages 177-180.

Good luck!

:)
Arroxane



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From: John Cook <john -dot- cook -at- gmail -dot- com> queried:

What is the current thinking on em dashes, en dashes, and hyphens with regard to documentation that will primarily be published via .pdf, Help, and HTML pages for Intranet / Internet?
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