The Office of Publications and Marketing Communications has adopted the Associated Press Stylebook as its primary reference. Its guidelines help writers produce copy that is essentially easier to read. This section offers points on producing copy that is both correct and effective. You can also find information such as statements and profiles in standard form that is easily transferred to your document. If you have any editorial questions, please call the Office of Publications and Marketing Communications.
Style manuals offer instruction on formatting copy in consistent, effective forms.
The Office of Publications and Marketing Communications uses the Associated Press Stylebook as its primary style reference. The Chicago Manual of Style and Strunk and White's Elements of Style Handbook serve as secondary grammatical references for issues not addressed by the primary source. Also, we use Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition, as our vocabulary reference. We strongly urge you to follow these guidelines as closely as possible to achieve clear and consistent writing. This will also help you create copy that projects a cohesive image for the University of Houston.