What is a Style
guide?
A style guide is a
book that outlines the necessary rules a writer must follow for any kind of
documentation. The rules the writer has to follow may be simple things like
grammar and punctuation or something more than this like citation, layout, and
format.
What is a Publication guide?
A publication guide
is information set that deals with the guidelines the writer should follow to
submit the project. In a wider sense the
publication guide covers the set of rules the writer should follow to complete
each topic successfully and also the information on what the writer should not
do on that particular topic.
A style guide is
just a part of the publication guide.
What do you include
in a Publication guide?
A Publication guide
may include the following:
- Steps for publication planning
- Logo and icons used in writing
- Illustration guidelines
- Legal agreement and disclaimer statements
- Copyright information
- Documentation process
- Documentation tips
- Dictionaries, naming conventions, Glossary
- Template guidelines
- Help on project back-up, project file location and so on
A Publication guide
is a framework or a reference to help future contributors to accomplish the
task successfully. These guidelines may help the newbie or those who or not
familiar with the project.
Looking at this from
the company perspective, it saves money and time of the writers as they do not
have to reinvent the wheel. A publication
guide covers a wider range of documents like the newsletter, marketing
publications, brochures and so on
Punch line
A style guide is a set of stylistic guidelines
of a publication and publication guide is a documentation of documentation
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