• Style Guide Overview
  • Readability
  • Tone of Voice
  • Accessibility
  • Word Choice
    • Cengage Terms
    • clear
    • click
    • delete and remove
    • drag
    • educator, instructor, teacher
    • hover
    • in, on
    • institution, school
    • once
    • see
    • clear
    • set...to
    • sign in, sign out
    • they/them
    • turn on/off
  • Spelling and Grammar
    • Preferred Spelling
    • Punctuation
      • Ampersand (&)
      • Apostrophe (')
      • Asterisk (*)
      • Backslash (\)
      • Braces { }
      • Brackets [ ]
      • Colon (:)
      • Comma (,)
      • Dash (—)
      • Ellipsis (…)
      • En Dash (–)
      • Exclamation Point (!)
      • Hyphen (-) and Hyphenation Rules
      • Minus Sign (−)
      • Period (.)
      • Question Mark (?)
      • Quotation Mark (")
      • Semicolon (;)
      • Slash (/)
    • Parenthetical Plurals
    • Abbreviations/Acronyms
    • Capitalization
  • Document Structure
  • Numbers and Math
  • Documenting the User Interface
    • Step-by-Step Instructions
    • Interaction Verbs
    • Admonitions
    • Navigation
    • Windows
    • Keyboard Keys
  • Formatting
    • Images
      • Alternative Text
      • Screenshots
      • Callouts
      • Decorative Images
    • Color Scheme/Appearance
    • Fonts
    • Tables
    • Lists
    • Online Learning Platform and Product Names
    • Breadcrumbs
  • PDF versus a Help Article
  • UI Text
    • UI Text Checklist
    • User Interface Text Principles
      • Clear
      • Concise
      • Confident
      • Inconspicuous
    • Calls-to-Action
    • Navigation Menus
    • Error Messages
      • Error: Try Again
    • Field Validation Messages
      • Standard Field Validation Messages
    • Feedback
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Resources