Microsoft® Manual of Style, Fourth Edition

Additional globalization resources

To be more aware of issues of concern to the worldwide audience, become a consumer of worldwide information and media. Subscribe to email newsletters in the countries and regions where your audience lives. Do not assume that your customer knows anything about your country, region, or history. Examine the worldwide implications of anything that you say or do instinctively. To better understand strategies for worldwide content, visit these sites on the web:

• Microsoft International Style Guides, http://www.microsoft.com/Language/en-US/StyleGuides.aspx

• Plain Language Action Network (U.S.), http://www.plainlanguage.gov/

• World Time Zones, http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

• W3C Internationalization Activity, http://www.w3.org/International/ ...