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Writing guide

  • Folder icon closed Folder open iconPreparing to get your message out
    • The message
    • The audience
    • Packaging
    • Drawing up a skeleton
  • Folder icon closed Folder open iconWriting to be read
    • How people read: print and online publications
    • Practical tips for achieving a plain, clear writing style
    • Plain language
    • Plain structure
    • The paragraph
    • Tools for effective writing
  • Folder icon closed Folder open iconStyle
    • UK English vs US English
    • Words to use and words to avoid
    • Nouns and Verbs
    • Capitalisation
    • Hyphens
    • Compound words
    • Singular and plural
    • Digital dialect
    • Numbers and dates
    • Abbreviations and acronyms
    • Countries and currencies
    • Signatures and names
    • Punctuation
  • Folder icon closed Folder open iconFormatting
    • Chapter titles and headings
    • Lists
    • Visuals: tables, graphs, diagrams
    • Table of contents
    • Headings
    • Quoted matter
    • Bold and italics
    • Footnotes
    • Other tools
  • Folder icon closed Folder open iconReferences and bibliographies
    • References
    • Bibliographies
    • Sample bibliographical entries
Writing guide

Formatting

The more your text provides the scanning readers with immediate information, the more likely you are to hook them in for further reading.

So, what makes a text scannable? Different ways of setting out information that attract the eye: bolded key words, meaningful titles and sub-headings, logically ordered ideas, bulleted lists, illustrations, graphs and diagrams.

Articles

  • Chapter titles and headings
  • Lists
  • Visuals: tables, graphs, diagrams
  • Table of contents
  • Headings
  • Quoted matter
  • Bold and italics
  • Footnotes
  • Other tools

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