SPICe Style and Writing Guide (Updated 2025) | Scottish Parliament

SPICe Style and Writing Guide (Updated 2025)

Author: SPICe Research

PDF Published: Tuesday 08 Apr 2025 (SB 25-13)

Screenshot showing the location of the Editor facility and the 'Document stats' function in Microsoft Word.

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Map of Scotland showing route network of ferry services provided by Caledonian MacBrayne in the Clyde and Hebrides.

Image: Use alt text to describe images and sound

Map of the world showing the top 10 wheat importers and exporters in 2007.

Image: Use alt text to describe images and sound

Screenshot of the 'Properties' section in Microsoft Word, with the Title field highlighted.

Image: Finding the 'Title' field in Microsoft Word

Screenshot showing where on the 'new document' page in Microsoft Word you can find Scottish Parliament templates.

Image: Finding Scottish Parliament templates in Microsoft Word

Screenshot of the Editor facility in Microsoft Word showing its plain writing support functions.

Image: Identifying passive verbs in Microsoft Word

Last Updated: 2/6 5:54pm

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