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Writ 3441: Forum 14: Tues, October 24. Style sheet exercises 1. Ignitron Tubes: complete a style sheet. Some features in the following two paragraphs will require a decision about consistency. Assuming that the paragraphs are the introduction to a ten-page report that must be edited in its entirety, complete the style sheet that follows these paragraphs so that subsequent decisions may be consistent. Instructions: List your choices for consistent use of terms in alphabetical order in the boxes below. You can use the alphabetized grid on page 2 for your style sheet. Do not record every change you made. Rather, record choices that should be followed in the rest of the document when choices in format (one vs two words), differences in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, number formats, hyphens with compound adjectives, etc., need to be made. Ignitron Tubes were first used in dc-arc welding power supplies. An ignitron tube is a vacuum tube that can function as a closing switch in pulsed power (using a pulse of current rather than a contin uo ou s current) applications. A closing switch is a switch that is not on or will not pass current until it is triggered to be on. When the tube is triggered to be “on,” it provides a path for the current. The ignitron tube is turned on by a device called an “ignitor.” The ignitor sits in liquid mercury inside the vacuum tube. The ignitron tube creates a path for the current by vaporizing mercury. More mercury will be vaporized as the current crosses the tube. When there is no current the vaporized mercury goes to the bottom of the tube and turns back into liquid. When an Ignitron Tube turns on and passes current, this process is referred to as a shot. The greatest amount of current that ignitrons can presently handle is nearly 1,000,000 amps. The tube can handle this amount of current for five shots before the tube fails. Industry wants a tube that will handle 1000 shots before it fails.

Ignitron Tubes Style Sheet: List your choices for consistent use of terms in alphabetical order in the boxes below. See examples of document style sheets in the course packet pp. 59-61. For number formats, we will follow APA to spell out numbers one to ten. A–E DC arc – Engineering Literature Closing switch ( italics for first term) F–J Ignitron tube, not just tube K–N O–R ON – not “on”, or on Pulsed power (no hyphen) S–U Shot(italics for first term) V-Z Vacuum tube – not just “tube” numbers Spell out numbers in text up to 10 1 million Style/format Text aligned left, right ragged, single spaced miscellaneous Use italics the first time words are defined

2. Taming the SUV: complete a style sheet  Set the title in Arial 18 pt. bold, title case, centered.  Set the body text to Times New Roman 10 pt. with a 5-pt. paragraph indentation. Create a style sheet (at the end of this passage) to indicate choices of capitalization, hyphenation, spelling, abbreviations, and other mechanics when a choice is required. Use your dictionary and follow the APA format for numbers . (Abbreviations/acronyms-- http://www.acronymfinder.com/ ) Taming the SUV The popularity of sport utiltiy vehicles (SUVs) and other light trucks such as pick-ups and minivans has taken a big bi te ght out of efforts to improve air quality, and reduce global warming. But a new Union of Concerned Scientist report, Greener SUVs, shows that these high-way monstors can be tamed. Using off the shelf technology, UCS enginners have created a blue-print for an SUV that meets high standards for fuel efficiency and emission control – with no loss of the teeth that make SUV’s so popular. Envirnomental regulations that govern fuel economy and tail pipe pollution from passenger vehicles, continue to ignore light trucks. The average truck on the road today emit 47 % more smog forming exhaust and 43 percent more of the heat-trapping gases that cause global warming than the average car. The impact of this gap has been compounded by a dramatic shift in America’s passenger vehicle market. Over the past 2 decades, sales of light trucks have tripled. They once accounted for less than a fifth of new vehicle sales, they now approach ½. The combination—loopholes plus booming sales of light trucks have created enough global-warming gases and smog-forming pollution to equal the output of an additional forty million cars.

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Taming the SUV Style Sheet: List your choices for consistent use of terms in alphabetical order in the boxes below. A–E Blueprint(no hyphen) Highway Global-warming(adj) Global warming(noun) Heat-trapping F–J Heat trapping(no hyphen) Greener SUVs( italicize) K–N O–R Pickups Off-the-shelf S–U SUV instead of sport utility vehicles UCS (acronym) Tailpipes Smog-forming(adj) V-Z numbers APA format: Use % , not percent 47% 43% One-fifth One-hal f Spell out numbers up to 10 40 million style/format APA Format: Times New Roman Text 10pt, 5pt. paragraph indentation miscellaneous 3. Check two different style guides and compare rules for differences in rules for any of the following: Measurements Heading titles Time formats Paragraph structure Figure captions Or choose your own item

An example may be to compare Apple vs Google or Associated Press (AP) vs Chicago (CMOS) or American Psychological Association (APA) ( All of these guides can be found here) Differences: