Microsoft® Manual of Style, Fourth Edition

What’s inside

• Microsoft style and voice This chapter highlights the shift toward a lighter, friendlier tone in Microsoft content, with succinct guidelines for writing in the Microsoft voice.

• Content for the web This chapter can help you decide which type of web content best suits your intended audience. It offers guidance for the creation of effective text, video, and audio for the web and includes information about optimizing your content—including blogs and wikis—for readability, search engines, and social media.

• Content for a worldwide audience This chapter reflects the pervasive internationalization of information in the software industry. The Microsoft Manual of Style now includes substantial information about writing for a global audience. ...