Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications Quiz Book: 101 Questions with Answers to Test Your Knowledge of the Microsoft Manual of Style

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Microsoft Manual of Style is an important reference in software and hardware industry. Writing conventions adopted by Microsoft in the ‘80s and ‘90s shaped the way technical documents are written form decades. The influence of this style is so pervasive, we do not even notice it anymore, perhaps much like a fish that would not be aware of the water.

For example, how many of us would remember that replacing “radio button” with “option button” was a Microsoft style convention that became standard usage over time? There are hundreds of similar examples that are offered in the Microsoft Manual of Style.

This special quiz book is prepared to test your knowledge of the Microsoft Manual of Style. It’s nowhere near complete nor does it have the pretension of being complete since it’s impossible to learn every Microsoft style rule by heart.

However, you can use the following 101 multiple-choice questions to test your overall knowledge of the Microsoft writing and documentation style, including some of its most frequently used conventions regarding numbers, dates, abbreviations, etc. The answers follow in the last section of the report.

This e-book is useful not only for those individual writers who’d like to test their command over the Microsoft style, but for managers and employers who would like to evaluate the Microsoft style knowledge of their prospective employees as well.

Good luck and much success in all your technical and non-fiction writing projects!