Style Guide Overview
Readability
Tone of Voice
Accessibility
Terminology
Cengage's Learning Platforms
Product Names
Word Choice
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
Preferred Spelling
Grammar
Capitalization
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
Higher Ed Marketing Messaging Guide
Text Formatting
Color Scheme/Appearance
Fonts
Tables
Lists
Breadcrumbs
Web Page Footers
URL Guidelines
Numbers and Math
Document Structure
Images
Alternative Text
Callouts
Decorative Images
UI Text
UI Text Checklist
UI Text Principles
Clear
Concise
Confident
Inconspicuous
Calls-to-Action
Navigation Menus
Error Messages
Error: Try Again
Field Validation Messages
Standard Field Validation Messages
Feedback
Workflow Documentation
Interaction Verbs
Admonitions
Navigation
Windows
Keyboard Keys
Screenshots
Search Engine Optimization
Resources