PD 6506:1982

Withdrawn

Guide for typewriting

Available format(s)

Hardcopy

Withdrawn date

09-28-2012

Language(s)

English

Published date

07-30-1982

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Introduction
Cooperating organizations
Guide
1 Abbreviations
2 Accents
3 Blocked left
4 Brackets
5 Calculation symbols
6 Checking the typescript
7 Consistency
8 Corrections
9 Dash
10 Dates
11 Decimal point
12 Emphasis
13 Envelopes
14 Flush left
15 Footnotes
16 Fractions
17 Headings
18 Hyphens
19 Inferior and superior
20 Inset
21 Labels
22 Line spacing
23 Lists
24 Machine maintenance
25 Margins
26 Master for multiple copies
27 Mathematical and scientific work
28 Money
29 Numbers
30 Oblique stroke (solidus)
31 Omission of letters and words
32 Page numbers
33 Paper size
34 Paragraph identification
35 Paragraphs
36 Proof corrections
37 Punctuation marks
38 Quotations
39 Ranged left
40 Stencils
41 Tables
42 Times
43 Underline/underscore
44 Units of measurement
45 Word division
46 Word processing for typesetting
Figures
1 Letter blocked left
2 Examples of headings
3 Examples of paragraph identification
4 Examples of paragraph
5 Example of table

Presentation of typewritten documents, including general office correspondence and masters for multiple copies, but excluding typescript copy for printing.

Committee	IDT/2
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes 80/64268 DC. (08/2005) Inactive for new design. (09/2007)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	0
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Withdrawn

BS 4000:1968	Sizes of paper and board
BS 5261-1:1975	Copy preparation and proof correction Recommendations for preparation of typescript copy for printing
BS 5555:1981	Specification for SI units and recommendations for the use of their multiples and of certain other units
BS 1360:1973	Specification personal stationery (terms and sizes)
BS 5848:1980	Specification for numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents (point-numbering)
BS 5261C:1976	Copy preparation and proof correction Marks for copy preparation and proof correction (extracted from BS 5261-2:1976)
BS 5249-1:1976	Specification. Representation of elements of data in interchanges using data processing systems. Representation of dates and times