FAOSTYLE
PDF VersionThese pages contain house style to be followed when preparing FAO documents and publications. It is assumed that standard Word text-processing software will be used in the majority of cases, and therefore Word shortcut keys (for PC) have been given where appropriate.
A copy of this document should be attached to all contracts issued to external editors. The document is also available on the Internet at: www.fao.org/publishing/
Contents
– Full stops/full points/periods
– Commas
– Colons
– Hyphens
– En rules
– Quotation marks/inverted commas
– Lists
– Ellipses
– Numbers
– Units
– Dates
– Time
