Software to Help You Follow the Australian Government Style
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The Australian Government Style Plug-in Helps Automate Otherwise Tedious Proofreading.
Australian Government Style is the preferred style of writing for most commonwealth, state, territory and local government departments, as well as many universities and private sector organizations.
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Abbreviations
Government documents are often riddled with abbreviations. Take, for example, the letters ‘SLR’. Sea level rise, single-lens reflex, or Sri Lankan rupee? Get recommendations from Australian Style.
Numbers, Measures and Dates
Should numbers in text be spelled out in full or written as numerals? Should fractions be hyphenated if written as words? There are various conventions for presenting numbers, measurements and dates.
Hyphenation
Is it ‘trade union’ or ‘trade-union’? ‘Multiculturalism’ or ‘multi-culturalism’? You don’t want your readers to be distracted by different forms of the same words. Get Australian Style guidance.
Inclusivity
The Australian Style Manual contains good tips on how to reduce the use of gender-specific pronouns; it also provides guidance on numerous other sensitivities. Add it to Word for automated checking!
Australian Spellings
Is the spelling ‘industrialise’ or ‘industrialize’? ‘Analyze’ or ‘analyse’? ‘Program’ or ‘programme’? We're exposed to different spellings of these words all the time.
Using a Variation of Australian Government Style?
If you work in a university, law firm, or even a large company, there's a good chance that your house style is a variant of it. You can edit the style sheet in PerfectIt to match your needs.
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