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Standards for Publication References
What are the current standards when referencing the name of a
publication in a document - (now I'm dating myself) the 'old' standard was to underline the name. I am under the belief that the 'new' standard is to italicize (e.g. IRS Publication 2011 Employee Blah, Blah Blah) with no underline. Is the entire publication name to be italicized or only, in the above example, Employee Blah, Blah, Blah - or should the entire name be italicized??? |
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Standards for Publication References
There is no "standard" standard, but rather a multiplicity of standards for
citation formats. The underline-vs.-italic question is fairly simple to answer: When everyone used typewriters, there was no way to use italic type unless you could afford an IBM Selectric with interchangeable type elements. Underlining was accepted as a substitute, although in large quantities it made the text unreadable. Now that true italic type is available to anyone, it should be used. (My apologies to attorneys whose courts mandate Courier font and underlining. Let's hope the courts come into the 20th century some time during the 21st.) With regard to your example, I would italicize only the publication's title, and possibly place a comma between the publication number and the title. But that's just me... You could look at the IRS web site or their other publications, or other places where they're cited. There are numerous style guides, most of which disagree with each other. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Kathy wrote: What are the current standards when referencing the name of a publication in a document - (now I'm dating myself) the 'old' standard was to underline the name. I am under the belief that the 'new' standard is to italicize (e.g. IRS Publication 2011 Employee Blah, Blah Blah) with no underline. Is the entire publication name to be italicized or only, in the above example, Employee Blah, Blah, Blah - or should the entire name be italicized??? |
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