About

This writing style guide was built and maintained by the fine writers at Hexa.

Guide mission

To provide a Hexa specific reference to guide and promote best practice for technical writing. Written text should be clear and to the point, avoiding anything that might obfuscate block your message.

What this guide is

• A living document that will change and grow over time.
• Written by humans for humans. There will be mistakes and missing pieces. We encourage you to collaborate to fix these.
• A place for you to ask questions and challenge decisions.
• A tool to help you write effective documents with a consistent voice.
• A tool to improve writing workflow efficiency.

What this guide is not

• Extensive. A number of excellent style guides are publicly available. This guide provides style choices specific to Hexa. If you can't find what you need here, please refer to the Microsoft Style Guide.
• Original. There is nothing new about a writing style guide. We have and will borrow from sources that help get the point across.
• The law. These are a set of guidelines, choose what helps you best communicate with your reader.