Diego Palacios

ENGL4183-090

03/28/16
Style guide sheet

A Style Sheet Guide

Page Format
Size - 8.5 x 11
Orientation Tall
margins Top: ??, Bottom: ??, Left: 0.07, Right: 0.08
headers Titles for sections
footers page numbers
numbering Pages are numbered in footer, bottom centered
rules Green painted lines at the top and bottom of each page
columns 3 columns each page; Left, center and right
gutter placement and width Width: 0, Placement: Left
graphic placement and width No graphics used.
Colors Black for the words, titles and headings. Certain words highlighted in colors as author notes
Typography
document title Times New Roman, 14, Title case, Left, bolded
Attendance Times New Roman, 12, Title case, Center, No emphasis
Introduction - Times New Roman, 11, Title case, Center, bolded
Bookkeeping - Times New Roman, 11,Title case, Justified, No emphasis
captions - Times New Roman, 11, Title case, Justified, Italics
menu items Times New Roman, 11, Title case, Justified, bolded
key strokes - Times New Roman, 11, Title case, Justified, No emphasis
spacing - Default
cautions/ warnings Author notes; Times New Roman, 11, Title case, Left-indented, Pink color
hints - None
lists - Times New Roman, 11, Title case, Justified, No emphasis
footnotes/ endnotes None
Mechanics
abbreviations - PFS ( Prospect for Success), UNCC (University of Carolina Charlotte), LC (Learning
Community
acronyms CTL (Center for Teaching and Learning) PACE (Pathways for Achieving Civic Engagement),
capitalization - Default
hyphenation - on
in-text definitions - Times New Roman, 11, Title case, Justified, Italics
quotation marks Smart quotes
spelling US English
steps Bullets
Usage
active or passive voice - Active
imperative voice - None
second person direct address of reader - no
parallelisms - Yes
gender references she.

Diego Palacios
ENGL4183-090

03/28/16
Style guide sheet

Figures & Tables

captions No labels
size & placement Small/Medium, no indentation
textual references to figures & tables - Times New Roman, 11, Title case, Justified, No emphasis
units of measure None
decimals aligned - Default
typography & punctuation of elements such as lists, headings, titles - none