Media praise for Microsoft® Manual of Style

"This guide is a comprehensive manual for the serious writer of technical documentation, be it a high school student or veteran author. In fact, to describe the guide as comprehensive may be an understatement, as it details nearly every facet of technical writing, including arcane verb uses. Many authors simply write in an ad-hoc manner. This manual shows that effective writing is a discipline. The more disciplined the writer, the more consistent and better their output. Anyone that wants to be a better writer will undoubtedly find the Microsoft Manual of Style an exceptionally valuable resource."
-- Ben Rothke, Slashdot.org

"What I noticed the first time I opened this book was (as others have mentioned) the amount of extra white space and font changes, which make this book much more pleasureable to read and to refer to. Clear and concise language, along with excellent figures, diagrams and readable tables throughout the book also help. Microsoft has done a great job in updating a classic book of theirs...I know I'll be using this book whenever I have a question about a style issue."
-- Todd Hawley, Amazon

"This 4th edition of the Microsoft Manual of Style is rich with information, examples, guidance and definitions. If you write or edit computer-related technology materials, you need it on your reference shelf."
-- Si Dunn, Sagecreek Productions

"This style guide surprised me, in several good ways. First, the layout uses more white space, a clearer typeface, and is slightly easier to read than most style guides. It isn’t that the others are bad, but that this one is better. I also like that Microsoft does not label their examples as “correct” or “incorrect,” but instead uses the terms “Microsoft Style” and “Not Microsoft Style.”"
-- Matthew Helmke, MatthewHelmke.net

"If you are a programmer or, more precisely, a writer of manuals for programs, then this book is a must."
-- Greg Barbrick, Blogcritics.org

"If you write for Microsoft environments at all, you need this latest edition to stay consistent."
-- Kai Weber, Senior Technical Writer for SimCorp

"The book's greatest value, however, is simply that it can get programmers thinking about language in the context of software development. That's something the industry could use more of. After all, in an information economy, how you communicate information is at least as important as how you process it."
-- Neil McAllister, Technology Writer for The San Francisco Chronicle and InfoWorld

"As the editor of the GGCS newsletter, I've now ditched the style manual I was working on and will use the Microsoft Manual of Style instead. The writers and editors at Microsoft already made most of the decisions I have to make--and I like their choices."
-- Chris Johnson, Golden Gate Computer Society, Vol. 31, No. 5

"A 'must' for any computer reference collection."
-- James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review: The Bookwatch, The Computer Shelf, April 2012, Volume 7, Number 4

"Technical writers, bloggers and podcasters want to share information. To reach their audience, they need to express their thoughts in a way that is both consistent and a pleasure to read or to listen to. Of course, the information being presented must be valid, correct and true. Beyond that, the message must be presented well: authors have to choose the right tone and use the right vocabulary. At a more advanced level, certain sentence structures, words and phrases should be avoided." Full Review >
-- Thomas Kuenneth, kuennetht.blogspot.com/

"As an IT consultant, conference speaker, and blogger, I have found the recently updated Microsoft Manual of Style to be indispensable." Full Review >
-- Dallas Marks, www.dallasmarks.org/blog/

"Aquellos de nosotros que hemos tenido que explicarle como usar la computadora a gente mayor es la falta de un lenguaje común. Internet está llena de chistes sobre equívocos del lenguaje. Este libro, salido directamente del comité editorial de Microsoft, es una herramienta imprescindible para blogueros, periodístas especializados en tecnología y sobre todo para redactores de manuales. El volúmen no solo trata de temas técnicos sino también del uso del lenguaje, la accesibilidad (tecnologías que permiten la utilización del ordenador por parte de personas con discapacidad) y las tipografías." Full Review >
-- Diego Gonzalez, dggonzalez5549.wordpress.com

"As a technical writer, the Microsoft Manual of Style is the first style guide I reach for when I am a working on documentation project when the organization doesn’t have a corporate style guide. " Full Review >
-- Will Kelly, www.willkelly.org