A

A.M., A.M., P.M.

A/B content testing method, A/B testing

abbreviations and acronyms, Machine translation syntax, Capitalization, Abbreviations of measurements, Plural nouns, Possessive nouns, Possessive nouns, Acronyms and Other Abbreviations–Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, First mention–Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, Articles and plurals, Articles and plurals, International considerations, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations–How to use abbreviations of measurements, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, How to use abbreviations of measurements, Table of abbreviations of measurements, Table of abbreviations of measurements–Process for adopting new acronyms or abbreviations, Process for adopting new acronyms or abbreviations, half inch, instant message, IM

articles preceding, Articles and plurals

capitalization, Capitalization

how to use, Acronyms and Other Abbreviations–Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations

in translated text, Machine translation syntax

international considerations, International considerations, half inch, instant message, IM

measurements, Abbreviations of measurements, Table of abbreviations of measurements

measurements, table of, Table of abbreviations of measurements–Process for adopting new acronyms or abbreviations, Process for adopting new acronyms or abbreviations

possessive forms, Possessive nouns, Possessive nouns

singular or plural forms, Plural nouns, Articles and plurals

spelling out, First mention–Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations

table of, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations–How to use abbreviations of measurements, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, Table of acronyms and other abbreviations, How to use abbreviations of measurements

ability bias, avoiding, Bias-free communication–Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphism

-able, -able, -ible

abort, abort–access, abort, access

above, above

Abrams, Brad, Additional resources for writing code

Accelerator key, Names of keyboard “quick access” keys, accelerator key

access, accelerator key–accessory, access key, accessory

Access key, Names of keyboard “quick access” keys

access key, access key

access privileges, access privileges

access rights, access rights

accessibility guidelines and requirements, Accessibility considerations for web content, Accessible content, Accessibility guidelines and requirements, accessible

accessible, accessible

accessible content, Accessible content–Acceptable terminology, Accessible webpages, Accessible writing, Acceptable terminology, Right angle brackets for menu items, Code examples–Security, Security, Tables, Cross-references in “See also” sections, right

angle bracket format and, Right angle brackets for menu items

code examples, Code examples–Security, Security

directional terms, right

hyperlinks, Cross-references in “See also” sections

tables, Tables

accessory, accessory–activate, activate

accounts receivable, accounts receivable

achievement, achievement

acknowledgment, acknowledgment

Acronym Finder, Process for adopting new acronyms or abbreviations

action bar, action bar

action button, action button

actionable, actionable–adapter, adapter

activate, activate

active, active player, active user

active player, active player, active user

active user, active player, active user

active voice, Sentence structure and grammatical choices, Column headings, Verbs and verb forms, Voice, Voice

for table column headings, Column headings

active window, current window

ad hoc, ad hoc

adapter, adapter

add, add

add-in and add-on, add-in, add-on

address, URLs, addresses

addresses, Names and contact information, URLs, addresses–URLs, addresses, URLs, addresses, URLs, addresses

adjacent selection, adjacent selection, range selection

adjectives, Global English syntax, Capitalization of titles and headings, Words ending in -ing, Hyphens, hyphenation, -able, -ible

-able, -ible suffixes, -able, -ible

-ing words, Words ending in -ing

capitalization, Capitalization of titles and headings

placement of, Global English syntax

suspended compounds, Hyphens, hyphenation

administer, administer

administrative vulnerability, vulnerability

administrator, administrator, system administrator

Administrator program, administrator

adverbs, Precision, Global English syntax, Title capitalization

affect, affect vs. effect, impact

afterward, afterward

against, against

age bias, avoiding, Bias-free communication–Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphism

agreement, Agreement

air gestures, Gesture

alarm, alarm

album, album

album cover, album

alert, alert

alerts, alert

align, align, aligned on, justify, justified

aligned on and aligned with, align, aligned on

all-inclusive terms, Do not use racial, cultural, sexual, and other stereotypes

allow, allow

alpha, alpha

alphabetical, alphabetical

alphabetical sort order of lists, International considerations

alphanumeric, alphanumeric

alt attribute, alt text

Alt key, Key names

alt text, Global art, Accessible webpages, URLs, addresses, Captions, alt text

alternative procedures, documenting, Content for multiple platforms

ambiguity, reducing, Precision

among, among vs. between–and/or, and/or

ampersand (&), ampersand (&)

and so on, and so on

and/or, Slash mark, and/or

angle brackets (< >), Dialog box options, Element name formatting

anthropomorphism, avoiding, Anthropomorphism–Words to watch out for, Anthropomorphism, Words to watch out for

antialiasing, antialiasing

antimalware, antimalware

antispyware, antimalware, Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware

antivirus, antimalware

API (application programming interface), function

apostrophe (’), Plural nouns, Apostrophes, Apostrophes

app, app

appears, appears, displays

appendices, appendix, appendices

appendix, appendix, appendices

applet, applet

application, application, program vs. application–property sheet, property page, property sheet, property page

application developer, application developer

application features, content about, Make the right content choices–Make text scannable, Make text scannable

application file, application file

application icon, application icon

Application key, Names of keyboard “quick access” keys

application programming interface (API), Anthropomorphism, Title capitalization, function

application window, application window

arabic numerals, arabic numerals

argument vs. parameter, argument vs. parameter

arrow, arrow, scroll arrow, scroll bar, scroll box

arrow keys, Key names, Key names, arrow, direction keys

art, Global art, Cross-references in “See also” sections, Captions, Captions, Captions, Captions, Captions, Captions, Callouts, Page breaks, bitplane

alt text for, Captions

appearance and placement, Captions

bitmaps, bitplane

callouts and captions, Captions, Callouts

cross-references to, Cross-references in “See also” sections, Captions

formatting, Page breaks

global, Global art, Captions

articles (journal, magazine), citing, Citing books and printed articles

articles (parts of speech), Global English syntax, Capitalization of titles and headings, Order of entries, Articles and plurals, bot

before acronyms, Articles and plurals

before program names, bot

capitalization of, Capitalization of titles and headings

in indexes, Order of entries

optional, Global English syntax

articles (topics), article

as, as

as well as, as well as

ASCII sort order, Special characters, Order of entries

assembly language, assembly language

assistive, assistive

attitude, Attitude–Parallelism in sentences, Parallelism in sentences

attributes, formatting, Document conventions, Attribute formatting

audio, Content for the web, Video content for the web, Keywords, Accessible webpages, Accessible webpages

accessibility guidelines, Accessible webpages

alternative text, Accessible webpages

pace of, Video content for the web

text descriptions of, Keywords

available memory, working memory