Style Guide | Editorial Style

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Acronyms

Spell out acronyms and place the acronym in parentheses. If used twice on the same page, use acronym in the second instance. Example: Forest Resource Education Center (FREC)

Links

When providing a link to a document, give the size of the document. Example: Cedar sign [pdf 550k]

Capitalization

Capitalize the first letter of words in page titles. Capitalize just the first word for heading in text.

Italics and underlines

Do not use italicized or underlined text.

Numbers

Spell out one through nine, use numbers above 10.

Internet terms usage

Web site - capitalized W, two words
e-mail - lowercase, hyphenated
Internet - capitalized
Web - capitalized