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ShannaSylvester's avatar
ShannaSylvester
Community Member
10 years ago

Question on capitalization.

Are there special rules, or best practices for capitalization and eLearning? I know this sounds like elementary school, but this topic came up in a recent project discussion. Here's my take on when ...
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BrettRockwood
Community Member
10 years ago

Just came across this from the Apple Style Guide regarding Title Case so thought I'd throw it out there:

When using title-style capitalization, don’t capitalize:

  • Articles (a, an, the), unless an article is the first word or follows a colon
  • Coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for, yet, and so)
  • The word to in infinitives (How to Start Your Computer)
  • The word as, regardless of the part of speech
  • Words that always begin with a lowercase letter, such as iPod and iTunes
  • Prepositions of four letters or fewer (at, by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, onto, out, over, to, up, and with), except when the word is part of a verb phrase or is used as another part of speech (such as an adverb, adjective, noun, or verb)
    • Starting Up the Computer
    • Logging In to the Server
    • Getting Started with Your MacBook Pro

When using title-style capitalization, capitalize:

  • The first and last word, regardless of the part of speech
  • The second word in a hyphenated compound (except for Built-in and Plug-in)
    • High-Level Events
    • 32-Bit Addressing

 

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