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XV <br /> Chapter Page <br /> About Th is Manual ......................................................................... v <br /> GPO’s Online Initiatives ................................................................ ix <br /> 1. Advice to Authors and Editors ..................................................... 1 <br /> 2. General Instructions ...................................................................... 7 <br /> 3. Capitalization Rules ....................................................................... 27 <br /> 4. Capitalization Examples ................................................................ 43 <br /> 5. Spelling ............................................................................................. 79 <br /> 6. Compounding Rules ...................................................................... 95 <br /> 7. Compounding Examples .............................................................. 109 <br /> 8. Punctuation ..................................................................................... 193 <br /> 9. Abbreviations and Letter Symbols .............................................. 221 <br /> Standard word abbreviations ................................................... 238 <br /> Standard letter symbols for units of measure ....................... 247 <br /> Standard Latin abbreviations ................................................ 251 <br /> Information technology acronyms and initialisms ............. 255 <br /> 10. Signs and Symbols .......................................................................... 259 <br /> 11. Italic ................................................................................................... 265 <br /> 12. Numerals .......................................................................................... 269 <br /> 13. Tabular Work ................................................................................... 281 <br /> 14. Leaderwork ...................................................................................... 299 <br /> 15. Footnotes, Indexes, Contents, and Outlines.............................. 303 <br /> 16. Datelines, Addresses, and Signatures ......................................... 309 <br /> 17. Useful Tables .................................................................................... 321 <br /> U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents ........................................ 321 <br /> Most Populous U.S. Cities by State ......................................... 322 <br /> Principal Foreign Countries..................................................... 325 <br /> Demonyms: Names of Nationalities ....................................... 332 <br /> Currency ...................................................................................... 334 <br /> Metric and U.S. Measures ......................................................... 339 <br /> Common Measures and Th eir Metric Equivalents ............. 340 <br /> Measurement Conversion ......................................................... 341 <br /> 18. Geologic Terms and Geographic Divisions ............................... 343 <br /> 19. Congressional Record .................................................................... 371 <br /> Congressional Record Index ......................................................... 406 <br /> 20. Reports and Hearings .................................................................... 417 <br /> Index .................................................................................................. 433 <br />Contents <br />Preliminary-CD.indd xvPreliminary-CD.indd xv 3/4/09 10:18:06 AM3/4/09 10:18:06 AM