The Style Manual highlights some of the practices followed by the staff of CDE Press in fulfilling its responsibilities for preparing documents for publications. These responsibilities include (1) ensuring that documents produced by the California Department of Education meet certain minimum standards in both language usage and printing practices; (2) making certain that documents conform to federal and state regulations and departmental policies affecting publications; (3) reviewing and approving all Department publications before they are printed and reproduced; and (4) adhering to a bidding process to ensure that the printing or duplicating is done at the lowest cost. See Department of Education Administrative Manual (DEAM) Section 3800 (CDE Intranet) for full information on the publications approval process.
The major purpose of this manual is to help staff members in the Department of Education better plan, organize, and prepare a manuscript in a form that is accurate and clear and that will require a minimum of rewriting, editing, and keyboarding before it is sent to be printed.
Style Manual - 2006 Edition (PDF; 659KB; 68pp.)
