I have it. It is pretty good. It is certainly heavy enough to cause a headache on recalcitrant, Philistinic neophyte management types. I also have the Australian Style Manual. Its pretty good too. But not as heavy. Both are fine as side-effect free insomnia cures too. (Beats counting sheep...) -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Cave Sent: Monday, 4 August 2003 4:17 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [austechwriter] How useful is the Chicago Manual of Style for Australian conditions? Hello, I was wondering if you could comment on the usefulness of the Chicago Manual for Style for Australian conditions. I have done some tech writing for software companies in my role of Support Engineer, and looking to do further work as a technical writer. A related question would be "What books do you consider ESSENTIAL in the tech writer's personal library?". Thanks Charles ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************