As the name suggests, Consistency makes your style consistent. When you create content, it can be tricky to stick to one particular style guide. It’s almost impossible to know all the rules by heart. Acrolinx helps you to stick to one particular style so that your writing is consistent.
The Acrolinx standard preset will find any inconsistencies. You can also choose to include some guidelines from The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago) or The Associated Press Stylebook (AP).
With the presets in Consistency, you can decide which style guide you want to follow.
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Acrolinx standard - checks for any inconsistencies.
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AP - checks for any inconsistencies and includes some Associated Press guidelines.
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Chicago - checks for any inconsistencies and includes some Chicago Manual of Style guidelines.
To select a preset, follow these steps:
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Navigate to Targets in your Acrolinx Dashboard.
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Click the Target name of the Target that you’d like to edit.
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Click on the goal Consistency to expand it.
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Select the style guide from the dropdown.
You can of course make changes to the individual guidelines to create a custom preset, see Fine-tune your Goals.
Warning
Careful, you can only create one custom preset for each goal within a Target.
When you drill down into the guidance, you’ll find several guideline groups.
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Guideline Group |
Description |
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Casing |
Acrolinx makes sure that your usage of upper and lower case is consistent. |
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Punctuation |
The usage of commas, hyphenation, and punctuation marks should be consistent. |
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Numbers |
You decide if you spell out numbers or not. Acrolinx checks if they’re consistent. |
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Lists |
It can be tricky to create lists that are consistent. Luckily, Acrolinx is here to help. |
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Spacing |
Sometimes it's hard to keep track of spaces, slashes, and dashes. Acrolinx checks if you use them consistently. |
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Symbols |
Be sure to be consistent when you use symbols like currency signs or apostrophes. |
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Dates |
There are various ways to write out dates. Make you write them the same way every time. |
Notice
Wondering why some guideline group names like punctuation and hyphenation appear under both Correctness and Consistency? It’s because the guidelines are independent. Correctness checks for spelling and grammar, while Consistency focuses on style.