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U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual:  Browse

U.S. Government Style Manual (2008), 30th Edition
Document Title
File Format and Size
Print Copy Pages
Title Page
Style Board
Extract from Title 44, U.S.C.
About This Manual
GPO's Online Initiatives
Text 20 KB
PDF 1.1 MB
I-XIII
Contents
Text 3 KB
PDF 237 KB
XV
Chapter 1 Advice to Authors and Editors Text 7 KB
PDF 690 KB
1-5
Chapter 2 General Instructions Text 37 KB
PDF 1.3 MB
7-26
Chapter 3 Capitalization Rules Text 36 KB
PDF 547 KB
27-42
Chapter 4 Capitalization Examples Text 85 KB
PDF 665 KB
43-77
Chapter 5 Spelling Text 9 KB
PDF 569 KB
79-94
Chapter 6 Compounding Rules Text 30 KB
PDF 542 KB
95-107
Chapter 7 Compounding Examples Text 5 KB
PDF 1.1 MB
109-191
Chapter 8 Punctuation Text 58 KB
PDF 1.1 MB
193-219
Chapter 9 Abbreviations and Letter Symbols Text 31 KB
PDF 682 KB
221-258
Chapter 10 Signs and Symbols Text 10 KB
PDF 1.1 MB
259-264
Chapter 11 Italic Text 8 KB
PDF 692 KB
265-268
Chapter 12 Numerals Text 24 KB
PDF 732 KB
269-280
Chapter 13 Tabular Work Text 26 KB
PDF 591 KB
281-298
Chapter 14 Leaderwork Text 5 KB
PDF 498 KB
299-302
Chapter 15 Footnotes, Indexes, Contents, and Outlines Text 11 KB
PDF 704 KB
303-308
Chapter 16 Datelines, Addresses, and Signatures Text 23 KB
PDF 786 KB
309-319
Chapter 17 Useful Tables Text 1 KB
PDF 828 KB
321-341
Chapter 18 Geologic Terms and Geographic Divisions Text 3 KB
PDF 381 KB
343-370
Chapter 19 Congressional Record, Congressional Record Index Text 141 KB
PDF 1.3 MB
371-416
Chapter 20 Reports and Hearings Text 11 KB
PDF 1.8 MB
417-432
Index
Text 1 KB
PDF 791 KB
433-453