UA Editorial Style Manual

What's New

ABOUT THIS EDITION OF THE UA EDITORIAL STYLE MANUAL

New entries: Action Card; Alabamian; Appendix G: Usage; campuswide identification number; Federal Work-Study Program; first-come, first-served; Founders Day; full-time, full time; Parents Weekend; use, utilize; work-study.

Changes, deletions, and updates: abbreviations and acronyms; academic degrees; Appendix A: Common Abbreviations; Appendix B: Campus Building Names; Appendix C: Historical, Cultural, and Geographical Terms; Appendix E: Punctuation; awards; buildings, names of; capitalization; chairwoman; company names; currency; dash/hyphen; divisions; ellipses; e-mail and Web addresses; federal; FTP; health-care; italics; LexisNexis; organizations, student; publications, UA-based; spell-checker; spell-check; time terminology; Web site.



UA EDITORIAL STYLE MANUAL

UA Editorial Style Manual—editorial standards for University of Alabama publications. Compiled for editors and proofreaders around the campus by the Office of Marketing and Communications, a division of the the Office of University Advancement. Introduction \| What's New The Editorial Style Manual (alphabetical listing of topics): A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H I \| J \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| Y Appendices: Appendix A: Common Abbreviations Days of the Week and Months State and Postal Abbreviations Appendix B: Campus Building Names Appendix C: Historical, Cultural, and Geographical Terms Appendix D: Computer- and Internet-Related Terms Appendix E: Punctuation Appendix F: Time Terminology Appendix G: Usage	What's New ABOUT THIS EDITION OF THE UA EDITORIAL STYLE MANUAL New entries: Action Card; Alabamian; Appendix G: Usage; campuswide identification number; Federal Work-Study Program; first-come, first-served; Founders Day; full-time, full time; Parents Weekend; use, utilize; work-study. Changes, deletions, and updates: abbreviations and acronyms; academic degrees; Appendix A: Common Abbreviations; Appendix B: Campus Building Names; Appendix C: Historical, Cultural, and Geographical Terms; Appendix E: Punctuation; awards; buildings, names of; capitalization; chairwoman; company names; currency; dash/hyphen; divisions; ellipses; e-mail and Web addresses; federal; FTP; health-care; italics; LexisNexis; organizations, student; publications, UA-based; spell-checker; spell-check; time terminology; Web site.

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