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Plain English writing guide on CD-ROM

If you want everyone in your organisation to have access to a plain English styleguide you can now have our tips booklet on CD-ROM. You can then copy this to your employees or install it on your intranet or network.

The CD-ROM version of the guide includes all the topics that we cover in our printed booklet, plus a bonus section Writing effective emails. All in all there are over 130 tips to help your people get their message across every time they write. There are also exercises covering the main plain English principles.

The guide includes:
– what do we mean by plain English?
– why use plain English?
– planning and preparing
– using everyday words (plus exercises)
– keeping your sentences short and effective (plus exercises)
– using 'bullet lists' (plus exercises)
– making your writing 'human' (plus exercises)
– writing 'actively' (plus exercises)
– punctuating properly
– grammar tips
– writing effective emails
– making it look easy to read
– when you've finished writing
– practice makes perfect
– creating a 'plain English' organisation.

The exercises are an excellent way for staff to reinforce their new-found skills and knowledge.

Costs

We provide the guide on CD-ROM and you pay for a licence to copy the material to staff or to install it on an intranet or network. The cost of a licence is £497 + VAT.

There is no time limit to the licence and no limit to the number of employees who can have access. All you pay is the one-off licence fee. We will also send you free updates to the guide when we produce them.

Order your CD-ROM here and we will send it to you within two working days. If you prefer, we can email you the guide instead.

If you have any questions, or would like more information, please contact us and we will get back to you straight away. If you prefer, please phone us on 0114 257 1400.

To see some sample tips, please click here.

Technical stuff

Your intranet or network administrator will be pleased to know that the guide doesn't install any programs, cookies or other undesirable software. The guide is made up of a series of web pages (html files) so as long as your users have access to a web browser such as Internet Explorer they will be able to use the guide.

Our guarantee

We want you to know that you can buy products and services from us with complete confidence. We also want you to be completely happy with any product or service you buy. If you are not satisfied with the material you buy from us, please return it within 30 days for a full refund.


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