Style Guides

A style guide is a rule book used to determine the spelling, punctuation and grammatical conventions of your document. Is it “web site” or “website”? Your style guide will know.

Technical Focus can edit according to the style guide of your choice, although we are most familiar with the Chicago Manual of Style (15th Edition), the Modern Language Association Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (MLA), and the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). If you do not currently use a style guide, we can help you select one that best fits your needs.

We can also help develop an in-house style guide tailored to your organization and industry. An in-house style guide alleviates confusion in multi-author environments and ensures organization-wide consistency in all your communication products.