Skip to Content
Style Guide for Business Writing
book

Style Guide for Business Writing

by Michael C. Thomsett
April 2018
Beginner
390 pages
8h 16m
English
De Gruyter
Content preview from Style Guide for Business Writing

C

Callouts and sidebars

The callout is used to highlight important aspects of a report or article, or to provide additional information (definitions, statistics, or resources for further information).

The callout or sidebar may be boxed off for emphasis and arrange so that text wraps around it. A lengthy sidebar may be converted to a footnote to avoid excessively long boxes or distracting volume of this feature (see also Annotations).

Guidelines for callouts and sidebars:

  1. Limit sidebars to as few words as possible; these should be short and serve as emphasis.
  2. Use sidebars only when the statement is related directly to the primary topic.
  3. Use a frame or box, or set up callouts and sidebars in a different font, italics or boldface to separate ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

The AMA Handbook of Business Writing

The AMA Handbook of Business Writing

Kevin WILSON, Jennifer WAUSON

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781547400232